Elaeocyma plicata

Elaeocyma plicata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Elaeocyma plicata
Shell of † Elaeocyma plicata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Elaeocyma
Species:	E. plicata
Binomial name
Elaeocyma plicata (Lamarck, 1803)
Synonyms
† Daphnella (Raphitoma) plicata (Lamarck, 1804) † Mangelia pseudoharpula (d'Orbigny, 1850) † Pleurotoma plicata Lamarck, 1803 † Raphitoma plicata (Lamarck, 1803)

Description

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.