Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Alternative spelling: Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx)
Parent taxon: Pseudomelaniidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Arnold 1903, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Scarponi and Della Bella 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Angulasina, Antiplanes, Bourguetia, Compsodrillia, Crassispira, Epidirona, Fusoidella, Glossispira, Hudlestonella, Liocium, Lioglyphostoma, Maesiella, Malbalnella, Mesospira, Miraclathurella, Monilispira, Paosia, Pericarinata, Pilsbryspira, Pseudomelania, Ptychobela, Ramina, Tiariturris, Zonulispira, Inquisitor, Clavatoma, Austrodrillia, Carinodrillia
Subtaxa: Leucosyrinx chloris Leucosyrinx clallamensis Leucosyrinx fijiensis Leucosyrinx nicoya Leucosyrinx rugata Leucosyrinx verrillii Leucosyrinx xenica
Type: Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) verrillii
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Italy (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Delaware)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Washington)
• Paleocene of Greenland (2)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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