Biology:Pleurofusia scala

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Pleurofusia scala
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Pleurofusia
Species:
P. scala
Binomial name
Pleurofusia scala
Vredenburg 1921
Synonyms

Surcula (Pleurofusia) scala Vredenburg 1921

Pleurofusia scala is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of Myanmar, age range 23.03 to 20.43 Ma.

References

  • E. Vredenburg. 1921. Comparative diagnoses of Pleurotomidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:83–129

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