Elaeocyma plicata
| Elaeocyma plicata | |
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| Shell of † Elaeocyma plicata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Elaeocyma |
| Species: | E. plicata
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| Binomial name | |
| Elaeocyma plicata (Lamarck, 1803)
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Elaeocyma plicata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description[]
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Distribution[]
This extinct species was found in strata of the Eocene of the United Kingdom; age range: 37.2 to 33.9 Ma; in strata of the Lutetian in France.
References[]
- Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), pp. 1–179
- J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard. 1995. Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana 3(4):155-187
External links[]
- International Fossil Shell Museum: image of Elaeocyma plicata
- Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle: Elaeocyma plicata
Categories:
- Elaeocyma
- Gastropods described in 1803
- Drilliidae stubs