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Megasurcula yokoyamai

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Megasurcula yokoyamai
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. yokoyamai
Binomial name
Megasurcula yokoyamai
(Otuka, 1934)
Synonyms

Surculites yokoyamai Otuka, 1934

Megasurcula yokoyamai 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 Middle Miocene strata in Japan.

References

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  • Otuka, Y., 1934a: Tertiary structures of the northwestern end of the Kitakami mountainland, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo Imperial University, vol. 12, pt. 3, pp. 566–638, pls. 44–51
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