Urosalpinx subrusticus

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Urosalpinx subrusticus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Urosalpinx
Species:
U. subrusticus
Binomial name
Urosalpinx subrusticus
(d'Orbigny 1852)
Synonyms

Fusus subrusticusd'Orbigny 1852

Urosalpinx subrusticus 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 33 mm.

Distribution

Fossils were found in Miocene strata of Maryland, USA (age range: 20.43 to 7.246 Ma)

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