Megasurcula elongata

Megasurcula elongata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
†M. elongata
Binomial name
†Megasurcula elongata
(Hatai, 1940)
Synonyms
  • †Siphonalia s−nomurai Hatai, 1941
  • †Surculites yokoyamai elongatus Hatai, 1940

Megasurcula elongata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ Biolib.cz: Megasurcula elongata
  • Hatai, K. 1940. A Note on Two Miocene Gastropods. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. of Japan, vol 10, no 8, pp. 115–117.
  • Hatai, K. 1941. Additional Fossils from Certain Miocene Formations. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. of Japan, vol. 11, no. 13, pp. 105–112. pl 3.


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