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Pleurofusia phasma

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Pleurofusia phasma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Pleurofusia
Species:
P. phasma
Binomial name
Pleurofusia phasma
Vredenburg 1921
Synonyms

Surcula (Pleurofusia) phasma Vredenburg 1921

Pleurofusia phasma is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of Myanmar, age range 23.03 to 20.43 Ma

References

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  • E. Vredenburg. 1921. Comparative diagnoses of Pleurotomidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:83–129