Pleurofusia dowlingi
Pleurofusia dowlingi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | †Pleurofusia |
Species: | †P. dowlingi
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Binomial name | |
†Pleurofusia dowlingi Petuch 1997
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Pleurofusia dowlingi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 26 mm.
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Distribution[]
This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata of west central Florida, USA; age range: 33.9 to 28.4 Ma.
References[]
- E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122–138
External links[]
Categories:
- Pleurofusia
- Gastropods described in 1997
- Drilliidae stubs