Urosalpinx gilmorei

Urosalpinx gilmorei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Urosalpinx
Species:
†U. gilmorei
Binomial name
†Urosalpinx gilmorei
E.J. Petuch, 1994

Urosalpinx auroraensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

Fossils were found in Pleistocene strata of South Carolina, USA.

References

  1. ^ WMSDB: Urosalpinx gilmorei


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