Pseudexomilus caelatus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[2]
Pseudexomilus caelatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Pseudexomilus |
Species: | P. caelatus
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Binomial name | |
Pseudexomilus caelatus A.W.B. Powell, 1944
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 11.6 mm, its diameter 3.9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in Lower Pliocene strata off Adelaide, Australia.
References
edit- ^ Pseudexomilus bicarinatus Shuto, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ Powell, A. W. B. (1944). "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 3–68. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905993. Wikidata Q58676624.