Urosalpinx aspinosus

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Urosalpinx aspinosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Urosalpinx
Species:
U. aspinosus
Binomial name
Urosalpinx aspinosus
(Meyer, 1886)

Urosalpinx aspinosus is an extinct species of sea snail, belonging to the family Muricidae, which includes murex snails or rock snails. It was a marine gastropod mollusk. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

Fossils were found in Oligocene strata of Mississippi, USA.

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