Megasurcula kurodai

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

Megasurcula kurodai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. kurodai
Binomial name
Megasurcula kurodai
(Otuka, 1934)
Synonyms

Surculites kurodai Otuka, 1934

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Middle Miocene strata in Japan.

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References

  • Otuka Y. (1934),Tertiary Structure of the Northwestern End of the Kitakami Meuntainland, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, in Bull. Earthq. Res. Inst., vol. XII, pt. 3, pp. 566–638, pls. 55-51, 1 map


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