Sediliopsis distans

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Sediliopsis distans
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Shell of † Sediliopsis distans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Sediliopsis
Species:
S. distans
Binomial name
Sediliopsis distans
(Conrad, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Drillia distansConrad, 1862
  • Drillia incilifera var. distansMartin, 1904

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 8 mm.

(Original description) The turriculate shell contains six whorls. These are scalariform, with distant obtuse ribs on the lower half. The suture is waved, with an impressed line above it. The body whorl shows an impressed revolving line above and four raised revolving lines inferiorly. The upper sinus of the outer lip is deep and rounded, the lower obsolete.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Virginia, USA

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