Leucosyrinx xenica
Leucosyrinx xenica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Leucosyrinx |
Species: | L. xenica
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Binomial name | |
Leucosyrinx xenica Woodring 1970
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Leucosyrinx xenica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 15.4 mm, its diameter 4.9 mm.
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Distribution[]
Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata of the Upper Gatun Formation of Panama; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma
References[]
- W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452
Categories:
- Leucosyrinx
- Gastropods described in 1970