Biology:Megasurcula siogamensis

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Megasurcula siogamensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. siogamensis
Binomial name
Megasurcula siogamensis
(Nomura, 1935)
Synonyms

Surculites siogamensis Nomura, 1935

Megasurcula siogamensis 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 Middle Miocene strata in Japan .

References

  • Nomura, S. "Miocene Mollusca from Siogama, Northeast Honsyu, Japan." Saito Ho-on Kai Museum, Research Bulletin 6 (1935): 193–234.

Wikidata ☰ Q59688134 entry