Urosalpinx auroraensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Urosalpinx miamiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Urosalpinx
Species:
U. miamiensis
Binomial name
Urosalpinx miamiensis
E.J. Petuch, 1994

Description

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The length of the shell attains 23 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils were found in Pleistocene strata of South Carolina, USA.

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