Megasurcula centroamericana

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

Megasurcula centroamericana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. centroamericana
Binomial name
Megasurcula centroamericana
B.M. Landau, F. Da Silva & S.M. Heitz, 2016

Distribution

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

References


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