Urosalpinx aspinosus is an extinct species of sea snail, belonging to the family Muricidae, which includes murex snails or rock snails. It was a marine gastropod mollusk.[1]
| Urosalpinx aspinosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Urosalpinx |
| Species: | †U. aspinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Urosalpinx aspinosus (Meyer, 1886)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 10 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils were found in Oligocene strata of Mississippi, USA.
References
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