Urosalpinx subrusticus
Urosalpinx subrusticus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Urosalpinx subrusticus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
Genus: | Urosalpinx |
Species: | †U. subrusticus |
Binomial name | |
†Urosalpinx subrusticus (d'Orbigny 1852) | |
Synonyms | |
Fusus subrusticus d'Orbigny 1852 |
Description
The length of the shell attains 33 mm.
References
- L. W. Ward. 1998. Mollusks from the Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Site, Kenty County, Delaware: A preliminary analysis. Geology and paleontology of the lower Miocene Pollack Farm Fossil Site, Delaware
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