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Tosapusia cupressina

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Extinct species of gastropod

Tosapusia cupressina
Shell of †Tosapusia cupressina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Tosapusia
Species: †T. cupressina
Binomial name
†Tosapusia cupressina
(Brocchi, 1814
Synonyms
  • † Uromitra cupressina (G.B. Brocchi, 1814)
  • †Vexillum cupressinum (Brocchi 1814)

Tosapusia cupressina is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Alpes-Maritimes,France and Miocene strata in Romania.

References

  1. MNHN, Paris: Tosapusia cupressina
  • Chirli (C.) & Richard (C.), 2008 - Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1-128, 5 figures
  • Harzhauser (M.) & Landau (B.), 2021 - An overlooked diversity—the Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea. Zootaxa, t. 4982, vol. 1, p. 1-70, fig. 1-21


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