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Sediliopsis gracilis

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Sediliopsis gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Sediliopsis
Species:
S. gracilis
Binomial name
Sediliopsis gracilis
(Conrad, 1830)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma gracilis Conrad, 1830

Sediliopsis gracilis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this species were found in Miocene strata of Maryland, USA; age range: 11.608 to 5.332 Ma.

References

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  • E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217
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