Megasurcula cryptoconoides

Extinct species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Megasurcula cryptoconoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. cryptoconoides
Binomial name
Megasurcula cryptoconoides
(J. Makiyama, 1926)
Synonyms

Genota cryptoconoides Makiyama, 1926

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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Late Miocene strata in the Otokawa Formation, Japan.

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