# Elaeocyma plicata

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Extinct species of gastropod

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)

***Elaeocyma plicata*** is an extinct [species](/source/Species) of [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Drilliidae](/source/Drilliidae).[1]

## Distribution

This extinct species was found in strata of the [Eocene](/source/Eocene) of the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom); age range: 37.2 to 33.9 Ma; in strata of the [Lutetian](/source/Lutetian) in [France](/source/France).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Fossilworks_1-0)** [Fossilworks: *Elaeocyma plicata*](https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=122877)

- 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*](http://www.fossilshells.nl/frparlutgast117.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161001191120/http://www.fossilshells.nl/frparlutgast117.html) 1 October 2016 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle: *Elaeocyma plicata*](https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/j15471?listIndex=3&listCount=4)

Taxon identifiers Elaeocyma plicata Wikidata: Q28431895 CoL: 8YJS4 GBIF: 4960562 Paleobiology Database: 122877

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