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Megasurcula cryptoconoides

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Megasurcula cryptoconoides
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. cryptoconoides
Binomial name
Megasurcula cryptoconoides
(J. Makiyama, 1926)
Synonyms

Genota cryptoconoides Makiyama, 1926

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

Distribution

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

References

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  • Makiyam, J. 1926. Tertiary Fossils from North Kankyo-do, Korea. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, ser. B, Vol. II, No. 3, pp. 143–160, pls. XI-XIII.
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