Urosalpinx archipatagonica

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Urosalpinx archipatagonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Urosalpinx
Species:
U. archipatagonica
Binomial name
Urosalpinx archipatagonica
Ihering 1907
Synonyms

Trophon leucostomoides

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

Description[edit]

Distribution[edit]

Fossils were found in Miocene strata of Argentina (age range: 23.03 to 15.97 Ma).

References[edit]

  • H. Ihering. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé supérieur de l' Argentine. Anales Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 15(3):1-611

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