Megasurcula wynoocheensis

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Megasurcula wynoocheensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. wynoocheensis
Binomial name
Megasurcula wynoocheensis
(C.S. Weaver, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
  • Turris wynootcheensis Weaver, 1912[2]
  • Turris wynoocheensis Weaver, 1916[3]
  • Pseudotoma wynoocheensis (Weaver, 1912)[4]
  • Surculites (Megasurcula) wynoocheensis (Weaver, 1912)[5]
  • Megasurcula wynoocheensis (Weaver, 1912)[6]

Megasurcula wynoocheensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[7] The name originates from the Wynoochee Valley of Washington state.[1]

The length of the shell attains 43 mm, its diameter 21.4 mm.

This is a slender, high-spired turrid with a strongly concave whorl profile and sutures riding high upon the vertical segment of the preceding whorls.[1]

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