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Urosalpinx trossula

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Urosalpinx trossula
Shell of Urosalpinx trossula (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Urosalpinx
Species:
U. trossula
Binomial name
Urosalpinx trossula
(Conrad, 1832)
Synonyms

Trossulasalpinx trossulus (T.A. Conrad, 1832)

Urosalpinx trossula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils were found in Miocene strata of Virginia, USA.

References

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  • Cossmann (M.), 1903 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. Livraison 5, p. 1-215
  • Korobkov (I.A.), 1955 - Spravochnik I methodicheskoe revodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briuckhonologie [= Manuel et guide des Mollusques tertiaires, Gastéropodes], p. 1-795
  • Blackwelder, Blake W. "Late Cenozoic stages and molluscan zones of the US Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain." Journal of Paleontology 55.S12 (1981): 1-34.