Megasurcula wynoocheensis

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Megasurcula wynoocheensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
†M. wynoocheensis
Binomial name
†Megasurcula wynoocheensis
(C.S. Weaver, 1912)
Synonyms [1]
  • Turris wynootcheensisWeaver, 1912 [2]
  • Turris wynoocheensisWeaver, 1916 [3]
  • Pseudotoma wynoocheensis(Weaver, 1912) [4]
  • Surculites (Megasurcula) wynoocheensis(Weaver, 1912) [5]
  • Megasurcula wynoocheensis(Weaver, 1912) [6]

Megasurcula wynoocheensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [7] The name originates from the Wynoochee Valley of Washington state. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 43 mm, its diameter 21.4 mm.

This is a slender, high-spired turrid with a strongly concave whorl profile and sutures riding high upon the vertical segment of the preceding whorls. [1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The type locality was a logging road west of Montesano, Washington. [1] It has also been found in Oregon and California. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 : Megasurcula wynoocheensis PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ Weaver, 1912, "Washington Geol. Survey Bull. 15, p. 70-71, pl. 9, figs. 87-89, 94.
  3. ↑ Weaver, 1916, Washington Univ. (Seattle)· Pubs. Geology, v. 1, p. 52-53, pl. 5, fig. 65
  4. ↑ Etherington, 1931, California Univ., Dept. Geol. Sci. Bull., v. 20, no. 5, p. 110, pl. 14, figs. 25, 29.
  5. ↑ Grant and Gale, 1931, San Diego Soc. Nat. History 1931, v. 1, p. 500, pl. 25, fig. 2.
  6. ↑ Weaver, 1942, 'Vashington Univ. (Seattle) Pubs. Geology, v. 5, p. 527, pl. 98, figs. 2, 8.
  7. ↑ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Megasurcula wynoocheensis
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