Pleurofusia longirostropsis
| Pleurofusia longirostropsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | †Pleurofusia |
| Species: | †P. longirostropsis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pleurofusia longirostropsis (de Gregorio, 1890)
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Pleurofusia longirostropsis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] Fossils found in Oligocene strata of present-day Mississippi date from 33.9 to 28.4 million years ago.
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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
- W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452