Urosalpinx subrusticus

This article is about Urosalpinx subrusticus and is not to be confused with Urosalpinx rusticus.

Urosalpinx subrusticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Urosalpinx subrusticus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 33 mm.

Distribution

Fossils were found in Miocene strata of Maryland, USA (age range: 20.43 to 7.246 Ma)

References

  1. ^ Fossilworks: Urosalpinx subrusticus
  • 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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