Megasurcula wynoocheensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Megasurcula |
| Species: | †M. wynoocheensis
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| †Megasurcula wynoocheensis (C.S. Weaver, 1912)
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Megasurcula wynoocheensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[7] The name originates from the Wynoochee Valley of Washington state.[6]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 43 mm, its diameter 21.4 mm.
This is a slender, high-spired turrid with a strongly concave whorl profile and sutures riding high upon the vertical segment of the preceding whorls.[6]
Distribution[edit]
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The type locality was a logging road west of Montesano, Washington.[6] It has also been found in Oregon and California.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Weaver, 1912, "Washington Geol. Survey Bull. 15, p. 70-71, pl. 9, figs. 87-89, 94.
- ^ Weaver, 1916, Washington Univ. (Seattle)· Pubs. Geology, v. 1, p. 52-53, pl. 5, fig. 65
- ^ Etherington, 1931, California Univ., Dept. Geol. Sci. Bull., v. 20, no. 5, p. 110, pl. 14, figs. 25, 29.
- ^ Grant and Gale, 1931, San Diego Soc. Nat. History 1931, v. 1, p. 500, pl. 25, fig. 2.
- ^ Weaver, 1942, 'Vashington Univ. (Seattle) Pubs. Geology, v. 5, p. 527, pl. 98, figs. 2, 8.
- ^ a b c d e Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 : Megasurcula wynoocheensis
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- ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Megasurcula wynoocheensis
