Sediliopsis | |
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Shell of † Sediliopsis chowanensis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: |
Sediliopsis Petuch, 1988 |
Type species | |
Pleurotoma gracilis Conrad, 1830
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Species | |
See text |
Sediliopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]
This genus was long considered as extinct since the late Miocene, until Sedeliopsis riosi was discovered off Brazil, obviously a relict-pocket occurrence. [2]
Species within the genus Sediliopsis include: