Compsodrillia drewi
Appearance
Compsodrillia drewi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Compsodrillia |
Species: | C. drewi
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Binomial name | |
Compsodrillia drewi J.A. Gardner, 1948
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Compsodrillia drewi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of North Carolina, USA.
References
[edit]- J.A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310