| Urosalpinx kirbyi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Urosalpinx |
| Species: | †U. kirbyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Urosalpinx kirbyi B. L. Clark 1938 | |
Urosalpinx kirbyi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Distribution
Fossils were found in Eocene strata in California, USA (age range:48.6 to 37.2 Ma).
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