''Sediliopsis incilifera'' 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

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 ...

, the turrids and allies.Fossilworks: ''Sediliopsis gracilis''
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Description

The max length of the snail’s shell was 16 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species are found in Miocene age strata of Maryland, USA. This corresponds to 11.608 to 5.332 million years ago.

References

* E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217

External links

Don I. Tippett, ''Taxonomic notes on the western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea)''; the Nautilus v. 109 (1995-1996)

E. Petuch, Cenozoic Seas: The View From Eastern North America
incilifera Gastropods described in 1830 {{paleo-Pseudomelatomidae-stub