Elaeocyma plicata
Elaeocyma plicata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Elaeocyma plicata | |
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Shell of † Elaeocyma plicata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Elaeocyma |
Species: | E. plicata |
Binomial name | |
Elaeocyma plicata (Lamarck, 1803) | |
Synonyms | |
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Description
Distribution
This extinct species was found in strata of the Eocene of the United Kingdom; age range: 37.2 to 33.9 Ma; in strata of the Lutetian in France.
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References
- Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), pp. 1–179
- J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard. 1995. Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana 3(4):155-187
External links
- International Fossil Shell Museum: image of Elaeocyma plicata
- Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle: Elaeocyma plicata
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