Sediliopsis
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| Sediliopsis | |
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| Shell of † Sediliopsis chowanensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Sediliopsis Petuch, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotoma gracilis Conrad, 1830 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
Sediliopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
This genus was long considered as extinct since the late Miocene, until Sedeliopsis riosi was discovered off Brazil, obviously a relict-pocket occurrence.[2]
