Urosalpinx dautzembergi

Urosalpinx dautzembergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Urosalpinx
Species:
†U. dautzembergi
Binomial name
†Urosalpinx dautzembergi
(Ihering, 1897)
Synonyms
  • † Fusitriton dautzembergi (Ihering, 1897)
  • † Triton (Argobuccinum) dautzembergi Ihering, 1897

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

Description

Distribution

Fossils were found in Pliocene and Pleistocene strata of Ecuador.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Urosalpinx dautzembergi (Ihering, 1897) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1616744 on 2023-01-14
  • Beu A.G. 2010. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.


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