Biology:Megasurcula guayasensis
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
| Megasurcula guayasensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Megasurcula |
| Species: | †M. guayasensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Megasurcula guayasensis (E.S. Marks, 1951)
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Megasurcula guayasensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Ecuador.
References
External links
- California Academy of Sciences: photo of Megasurcula guayasensis
- Bulletin of American Paleontology, California Acad. Sci., Proc, 4th ser., 4, VOL. XXXIII (1949-1952)
Wikidata ☰ Q59688101 entry
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