Archaschenia

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Archaschenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	†Archaschenia Zhgenti, 1981
Type species
Archaschenia merklini Zhgenti, 1981

Archaschenia is an extinct genus of sea snails under the family Rissoidae.

Species

The genus Archaschenia contains two scientifically accepted species:

• Archaschenia iljinae Zhgenti, 1981
• Archaschenia merklini Zhgenti, 1981

References

• Zhgenti E.M. (1981). Evolution and stratigraphic significance of some Middle-Miocene gastropods of Georgia. Metsniereba, Tbilisi. 174 pp.
• Anistratenko, V. V. (2004). Phylogenetic relationships of Coelacanthia and Archaschenia, two spinose rissoids (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene of the eastern Paratethys. Vestnik zoologii. 38(2): 3–12.

External links

• Ilyina, L.B. (1993). "Определитель морских средне-миоценовых гастропод Юго-Западной Евразии [= Handbook for identification of the marine Middle Miocene gastropods of southwestern Eurasia]". Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta RAS.: 46.