| Syntomodrillia espyra | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Syntomodrillia |
| Species: | S. espyra |
| Binomial name | |
| Syntomodrillia espyra Woodring, 1928 | |
Syntomodrillia espyra is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.
Distribution
This extinct species was found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.
References
- ↑ W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
- A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
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