Sediliopsis distans is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Sediliopsis distans | |
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| Shell of † Sediliopsis distans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Sediliopsis |
| Species: | S. distans
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| Binomial name | |
| Sediliopsis distans (Conrad, 1862)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 8 mm.
(Original description) The turriculate shell contains six whorls. These are scalariform, with distant obtuse ribs on the lower half. The suture is waved, with an impressed line above it. The body whorl shows an impressed revolving line above and four raised revolving lines inferiorly. The upper sinus of the outer lip is deep and rounded, the lower obsolete.
Distribution
editFossils of this species were found in Virginia, USA
References
edit- ^ Julia Gardner (1948) - Mollusca from the Miocene and lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, Part 2, Scaphopoda and Gastropoda; USGS Professional Paper 199- B
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217