Tessarolax
{{Short description|Extinct genus of gastropods}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|145|58.7}} Cretaceous to Paleocene
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| familia = Aporrhaidae
| genus = Tessarolax
| genus_authority = Gabb, 1868 [http://www.stromboidea.de/?n=Species.Tessarolax]
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Tessarolax is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae. The fossil shells of these snails are found in Cretaceous to Paleocene deposits in Europe, North America, and Madagascar.Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 112
References
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- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 122)
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10572 Tessarolax] in the Paleobiology Database
- [http://www.stromboidea.de/?n=Species.Tessarolax Stromboidea.de info]
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Category:Cretaceous gastropods
Category:Cretaceous animals of Africa
Category:Cretaceous molluscs of Europe
Category:Cretaceous animals of North America
Category:Paleocene animals of Africa
Category:Paleocene animals of Europe
Category:Paleocene animals of North America
Category:Cretaceous genus first appearances
Category:Paleocene genus extinctions
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1868
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