Elaeocyma plicata

Elaeocyma plicata
Shell of † Elaeocyma plicata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Elaeocyma
Species:
E. plicata
Binomial name
Elaeocyma plicata
(Lamarck, 1803)
Synonyms
  • † Daphnella (Raphitoma) plicata (Lamarck, 1804)
  • † Mangelia pseudoharpula (d'Orbigny, 1850)
  • † Pleurotoma plicata Lamarck, 1803
  • † Raphitoma plicata (Lamarck, 1803)

Elaeocyma plicata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This extinct species was found in strata of the Eocene of the United Kingdom; age range: 37.2 to 33.9 Ma; in strata of the Lutetian in France.

References

  1. ^ Fossilworks: Elaeocyma plicata
  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), pp. 1–179
  • J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard. 1995. Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana 3(4):155-187


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