Pleurofusia fusus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Pleurofusia fusus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | †Pleurofusia |
| Species: | †P. fusus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pleurofusia fusus Vredenburg 1921
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| Synonyms | |
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† Surcula (Pleurofusia) fusus Vredenburg 1921 | |
Distribution edit
This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata of Myanmar, age range 28.4 to 23.03 Ma.
References edit
- E. Vredenburg. 1921. Comparative diagnoses of Pleurotomidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:83–129