Megasurcula remondii

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

Megasurcula remondii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. remondii
Binomial name
Megasurcula remondii
(W.M. Gabb, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Metula remondii Gabb 1866
  • Surculites (Megasurcula) remondii (Gabb 1866)

Description

The length of the shell attains 78.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off California.

References

  • U. S. Grant and H. R. Gale. 1931. Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1:1-1036


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