Sediliopsis incilifera

Sediliopsis incilifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Sediliopsis
Species:
S. incilifera
Binomial name
Sediliopsis incilifera
(Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms

† Pleurotoma incilifera Conrad, 1834

Sediliopsis incilifera is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The maximum length of the snail's shell was 16 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in Miocene strata of Maryland, USA, dating back 11.608 to 5.332 million years.

References

  1. ^ Fossilworks: Sediliopsis gracilis
  • E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217


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