Tosapusia cupressina

Tosapusia cupressina
Shell of †Tosapusia cupressina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Tosapusia
Species:	†T. cupressina
Binomial name
†Tosapusia cupressina (Brocchi, 1814
Synonyms
† Uromitra cupressina(G.B. Brocchi, 1814) †Vexillum cupressinum(Brocchi 1814)

Tosapusia cupressina is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. ^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Alpes-Maritimes, France and Miocene strata in Romania.

References

1. "Fossil specimen - FIGURÉ Vexillum cupressinum (BROCCHI, 1814)". science.mnhn.fr. Archived from the original on 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2025-02-17.

• Chirli (C.) & Richard (C.), 2008 - Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1-128, 5 figures
• Harzhauser (M.) & Landau (B.), 2021 - An overlooked diversity—the Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea. Zootaxa, t. 4982, vol. 1, p. 1-70, fig. 1-21