Pleurofusia longirostropsis

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

Pleurofusia longirostropsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: †Pleurofusia
Species:
†P. longirostropsis
Binomial name
†Pleurofusia longirostropsis
(de Gregorio, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • † Pleurotoma longirostropsis de Gregorio, 1890 † (original combination)
  • † Pleurotoma (Pleurofusia) longirostropsis de Gregorio 1890

Distribution

This extinct species was found in Oligocene strata of Mississippi, United States; age range: 33.9 to 28.4 Ma.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Pleurofusia longirostropsis (de Gregorio, 1890) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867606 on 2016-11-01
  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452


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