Sediliopsis distans explained

Sediliopsis distans is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Description

The 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

Fossils of this species were found in Virginia, USA

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)
• Fossilworks: Sediliopsis distans

Notes and References

1. https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0199b/report.pdf 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