| Megasurcula yokoyamai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Megasurcula |
| Species: | †M. yokoyamai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Megasurcula yokoyamai (Otuka, 1934) | |
| Synonyms | |
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†Surculites yokoyamai Otuka, 1934 | |
Megasurcula yokoyamai is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Middle Miocene strata in Japan.
References
- Otuka, Y., 1934a: Tertiary structures of the northwestern end of the Kitakami mountainland, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo Imperial University, vol. 12, pt. 3, pp. 566–638, pls. 44–51
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