Urosalpinx auroraensis

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

Urosalpinx auroraensis
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. auroraensis
Binomial name
Urosalpinx auroraensis
E.J. Petuch, 1994

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm.

Distribution edit

Fossils were found in Pleistocene strata of South Carolina, USA.

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