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Megasurcula osawanoensis

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Megasurcula osawanoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. osawanoensis
Binomial name
Megasurcula osawanoensis
(Otuka, 1934)
Synonyms

Surculites (Megasurcula) osawanoensis Tsuda, 1959

Megasurcula osawanoensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Middle Miocene strata in Japan.

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