Urosalpinx trossula

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Urosalpinx trossula
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Shell of Urosalpinx trossula (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Urosalpinx
Species:
U. trossula
Binomial name
Urosalpinx trossula
(Conrad, 1832)
Synonyms

Trossulasalpinx trossulus(T.A. Conrad, 1832)

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

Distribution

Fossils were found in Miocene strata of Virginia, USA.

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