''Monilispira archeri'' 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 ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

in the family

Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...

.Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Monilispira archeri
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Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

Fossils were found in Pliocene strata in Florida, USA

References

* A.A. Olsson and A. Harbison, 1953. ''Pliocene Mollusca ofsouthern Florida, with special reference to those from north SL Petersburg''; Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monogr. 8:1457. archeri Gastropods described in 1953 {{paleo-Pseudomelatomidae-stub