Pleurofusia dowlingi
Pleurofusia dowlingi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Pleurofusia dowlingi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | †Pleurofusia |
| Species: | †P. dowlingi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pleurofusia dowlingi Petuch 1997 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 26 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata of west central Florida, USA; age range: 33.9 to 28.4 Ma.
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References
- E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122–138
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