Pleurofusia phasma

Pleurofusia phasma is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Pleurofusia phasma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Pleurofusia
Species:
P. phasma
Binomial name
Pleurofusia phasma
Vredenburg 1921
Synonyms

Surcula (Pleurofusia) phasma Vredenburg 1921

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of Myanmar, age range 23.03 to 20.43 Ma

gollark: Ah, a nebula in desrt.
gollark: Incubate is so convenient, but **hatch you stupid egg**!https://dragcave.net/view/wak2z
gollark: Or maybe not.Aaargh, decisions.
gollark: Ooh, a red-tailed wyrm, I should keep that.
gollark: I actually bred even after having enough for some bizarre reason.

References

  • E. Vredenburg. 1921. Comparative diagnoses of Pleurotomidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:83–129


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