Megasurcula cryptoconoides
Megasurcula cryptoconoides is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Megasurcula cryptoconoides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Megasurcula |
| Species: | †M. cryptoconoides |
| Binomial name | |
| †Megasurcula cryptoconoides (J. Makiyama, 1926) | |
| Synonyms | |
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†Genota cryptoconoides Makiyama, 1926 | |
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Late Miocene strata in the Otokawa Formation, Japan.
References
- Makiyam, J. 1926. Tertiary Fossils from North Kankyo-do, Korea. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, ser. B, Vol. II, No. 3, pp. 143–160, pls. XI-XIII.
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