Carinodrillia elocata
Appearance
Carinodrillia elocata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Carinodrillia |
Species: | C. elocata
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Binomial name | |
Carinodrillia elocata (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1922)
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Synonyms | |
Drillia elocata Pilsbry & Johnson, 1922 |
Carinodrillia elocata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Subspecies : Carinodrillia elocata meta W.P. Woodring, 1928 from the Bowden Formation, Jamaica.
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 27 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This extinct species was found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica, in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic and in Miocene strata of Panama; age range: 7.246 to 2.588 Ma.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Carinodrillia elocata
- Gardner J.A. (1937). The molluscan fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VI. Pteropoda, Opisthobranchia and Ctenobranchia (in part). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. 142-F: 251–435, pls 37–48