Biology:Sediliopsis patuxentia

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Sediliopsis patuxentia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Sediliopsis
Species:
S. patuxentia
Binomial name
Sediliopsis patuxentia
(Martin, 1904)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) calvertensis Martin 1904

Sediliopsis patuxentia 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 species were found in Miocene Strata of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA.

References

  • Petuch & Drolshagen, Molluscan Paleontology of the Chesapeake; CRC Press, 2009

Wikidata ☰ Q61601996 entry