Megasurcula rara

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Megasurcula rara
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. rara
Binomial name
Megasurcula rara
(S. Nomura & H. Onishi, 1940)
Synonyms

Surculites rara Nomura & Onishi, 1940

Megasurcula rara is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Distribution[]

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Neogene strata in Japan.

References[]

  • Nomura, S. and H. Onisi, 1940, Neogene Mollusca from the Sennan District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan; Jap. Jour. Geol. Geogr:, vol. XVII, nos. 3--4,pp. 181–194, pls XVII-XIX.


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