Megasurcula elongata
| Megasurcula elongata | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Neogastropoda | 
| Superfamily: | Conoidea | 
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae | 
| Genus: | Megasurcula | 
| Species: | †M. elongata | 
| Binomial name | |
| †Megasurcula elongata (Hatai, 1940) | |
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Megasurcula elongata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Japan.
References
- Hatai, K. 1940. A Note on Two Miocene Gastropods. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. of Japan, vol 10, no 8, pp. 115–117.
- Hatai, K. 1941. Additional Fossils from Certain Miocene Formations. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. of Japan, vol. 11, no. 13, pp. 105–112. pl 3.