Biology:Megasurcula centroamericana

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Megasurcula centroamericana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Megasurcula
Species:	M. centroamericana
Binomial name
Megasurcula centroamericana B.M. Landau, F. Da Silva & S.M. Heitz, 2016

Megasurcula tremperiana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Venezuela.

References

• Landau, Bernard M., et al. "Systematics of the gastropods of the Lower–Middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela." Bulletins of American Paleontology 389.390 (2016): 1-582.

Wikidata ☰ Q59688066 entry