Elaeocyma plicata

Elaeocyma plicata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

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