Biology:Pleioptygma carolinense
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| Species: | † P. carolinense
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| Pleioptygma carolinense (Conrad, 1840)[2]
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Pleioptygma carolinense[1] is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleioptygmatidae.
Pleioptygma carolinensis is the type species of the genus Pleioptygma.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in the Pliocene deposits of North Carolina.[2] The type locality is Duplin County, North Carolina.[2]
Description
The type description of Pleioptygma carolinensis originally described as Voluta carolinensis by Timothy Abbott Conrad (1840)[2] reads as follows:
| “ | Voluta Carolinensis. — Shell subfusiform; whorls deeply channeled below the suture; superior margin of the channel carinated;
spire elevated, with prominent, rather distant acute spiral lines on the three or four superior whorls; large whorl with obscure, distant spiral lines, except towards the base, which is sulcated, and strongly striated. Length 3 inches. |
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References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [2]
- Conrad, TA (1862). "Catalogue of the Miocene Shells of the Atlantic Slope". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 559–582+586.
Wikidata ☰ Q7204473 entry
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