Megasurcula elongata
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Megasurcula |
Species: | †M. elongata
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Binomial name | |
†Megasurcula elongata (Hatai, 1940)
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Megasurcula elongata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1][better source needed]
Distribution[]
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Japan.
References[]
- Hatai, K. 1940. A Note on Two Miocene Gastropods. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. of Japan, vol 10, no 8, pp. 115–117.
- Hatai, K. 1941. Additional Fossils from Certain Miocene Formations. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. of Japan, vol. 11, no. 13, pp. 105–112. pl 3.
Categories:
- Megasurcula
- Gastropods described in 1940
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs
- Prehistoric gastropod stubs