Pleurofusia scala

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

Pleurofusia scala
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. scala
Binomial name
Pleurofusia scala
Vredenburg 1921
Synonyms

Surcula (Pleurofusia) scala Vredenburg 1921

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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