Urosalpinx rusticus

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Urosalpinx rusticus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Urosalpinx
Species:
U. rusticus
Binomial name
Urosalpinx rusticus
(T.A. Conrad, 1839)
Synonyms

Fusus rusticusT.A. Conrad, 1839

Urosalpinx rusticus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 42 mm.

Distribution

Fossils were found in Miocene strata of Virginia and Maryland, USA (age range: 11.608 to 5.332 Ma)

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