Pleurofusia longirostropsis

Pleurofusia longirostropsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: †Pleurofusia
Species:
†P. longirostropsis
Binomial name
†Pleurofusia longirostropsis
(de Gregorio, 1890)
Synonyms
  • † Pleurotoma longirostropsis de Gregorio, 1890 † (original combination)
  • † Pleurotoma (Pleurofusia) longirostropsis de Gregorio 1890

Pleurofusia longirostropsis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. Fossils found in Oligocene strata of present-day Mississippi date from 33.9 to 28.4 million years ago.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Pleurofusia longirostropsis (de Gregorio, 1890) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867606 on 2016-11-01