Megasurcula condonana
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| Megasurcula condonana | |
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| Original image of shells of Megasurcula condonana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Megasurcula |
| Species: | M. condonana |
| Binomial name | |
| Megasurcula condonana (F.M. Anderson & B. Martin, 1914) | |
| Synonyms | |
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† Bathytoma condonana F.M. Anderson & B. Martin, 1914 | |
Megasurcula condonana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
The length of the shell attains 32 mm, its diameter 18.3 mm.
The shell shows a characteristic stout biconic profile and 11-12 strong nodes encircling the body whorl. The Kern River specimens differ somewhat by having a uniformly lower spire with sutures riding up higher onto preceding whorls so that only the nodes on the body whorl are exposed.[2]
