Sediliopsis incilifera
Sediliopsis incilifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Sediliopsis |
Species: | S. incilifera
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Binomial name | |
Sediliopsis incilifera (Conrad, 1834)
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Synonyms | |
† Pleurotoma incilifera Conrad, 1834 |
Sediliopsis incilifera 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 16 mm.
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Distribution[]
Fossils of this species were found in Miocene strata of Maryland, USA; age range: 11.608 to 5.332 Ma.
References[]
- E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217
External links[]
- Don I. Tippett, Taxonomic notes on the western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea); the Nautilus v. 109 (1995-1996)
- E. Petuch, Cenozoic Seas: The View From Eastern North America
Categories:
- Sediliopsis
- Gastropods described in 1830
- Prehistoric gastropod stubs
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs