Megasurcula condonana | |
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Original image of shells of Megasurcula condonana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Megasurcula |
Species: | M. condonana |
Binomial name | |
Megasurcula condonana (F.M. Anderson & B. Martin, 1914) | |
Synonyms | |
† Bathytoma condonanaF.M. Anderson & B. Martin, 1914 Contents |
Megasurcula condonana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]
The length of the shell attains 32 mm, its diameter 18.3 mm.
The shell shows a characteristic stout biconic profile and 11-12 strong nodes encircling the body whorl. The Kern River specimens differ somewhat by having a uniformly lower spire with sutures riding up higher onto preceding whorls so that only the nodes on the body whorl are exposed. [2]
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Oregon and California, USA.
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