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Sediliopsis patuxentia

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Sediliopsis patuxentia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Sediliopsis
Species:
S. patuxentia
Binomial name
Sediliopsis patuxentia
(Martin, 1904)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) calvertensis Martin 1904

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

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this species were found in Miocene Strata of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA.

References

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  1. ^ C. Martin (1904). "Gastropoda. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene". olivirv.myspecies.info. pp. 131–269. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  • Petuch & Drolshagen, Molluscan Paleontology of the Chesapeake; CRC Press, 2009