Megasurcula wynoocheensis
# Megasurcula wynoocheensis

Megasurcula wynoocheensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. The name originates from the Wynoochee Valley of Washington state.

## Description

The length of the shell attains 43 mm, its diameter 21.4 mm.

This is a slender, high-spired turrid with a strongly concave whorl profile and sutures riding high upon the vertical segment of the preceding whorls.

## Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The type locality was a logging road west of Montesano, Washington. It has also been found in Oregon and California.

