''Elaeocyma plicata'' is an extinct species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Drilliidae The Drilliidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. This family has no s ...

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Description

Distribution

This extinct species was found in strata of the Eocene of the United Kingdom; age range: 37.2 to 33.9 Ma; in strata of the Lutetian in France.

References

* Cossmann (M.), 1896 ''Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée'' (2ème livraison), pp. 1–179 * J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard. 1995. ''Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée''. Cossmanniana 3(4):155-187

External links

International Fossil Shell Museum: image of ''Elaeocyma plicata''

Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle: ''Elaeocyma plicata''
plicata Gastropods described in 1803 {{drilliidae-stub