Elaeocyma plicata

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Elaeocyma plicata
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Shell of † Elaeocyma plicata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Elaeocyma
Species:
E. plicata
Binomial name
Elaeocyma plicata
(Lamarck, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Daphnella (Raphitoma) plicata(Lamarck, 1804)
  • Mangelia pseudoharpula(d'Orbigny, 1850)
  • Pleurotoma plicataLamarck, 1803
  • Raphitoma plicata(Lamarck, 1803)

Elaeocyma plicata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This extinct species was found in strata of the Eocene of the United Kingdom; age range: 37.2 to 33.9 Ma; in strata of the Lutetian in France.

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