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Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Mitridae
Pleioptygma
Pleioptygma lineolata
Pleioptygma lineolata
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Mitridae
Genus:
Pleioptygma
Species:
Pleioptygma lineolata
Common Name: Mitre shell.
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Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene; extinct.
Paleogeographic Distribution
South Florida to north Florida.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Early Pleistocene
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
Caloosahatchee Formation (Bee Branch Member) (S. FL)
Nashua Formation (N. FL)
Late Pliocene
Tamiami Formation (Murdock Station Member) (S. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
Pleioptygma lineolata
from the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Sarasota County, Florida (PRI 70132).
Pleioptygma lineolata
from the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Sarasota County, Florida (PRI 70057).
Likely a juvenile
Pleioptygma lineolata
; specimen is from the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Sarasota County, Florida (PRI 70302).