Amaea decussata
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| Amaea decussata | |
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| Shell of † Amaea decussata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Amaea |
| Species: | †A. decussata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Amaea decussata (Lamarck, 1804) | |
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Amaea decussata is an extinct species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]
The name Scalaria decussata or Amaea decussata, attributed to Lamarck, 1804, has been used for a Recent species from the Indian Ocean. However, the true Amaea decussata (Lamarck, 1804) is a fossil from the Eocene of the Paris Basin. For the Recent species, see Amaea arabica.[1]