Megasurcula guayasensis

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

Megasurcula guayasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. guayasensis
Binomial name
Megasurcula guayasensis
(E.S. Marks, 1951)

Distribution

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

References


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