Compsodrillia catherina

Compsodrillia catherina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Compsodrillia
Species:	C. catherina
Binomial name
Compsodrillia catherina Woodring 1928

Compsodrillia catherina is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. ^[1] It was alive during the 2nd and 3rd periods of the Cenozoic Era (Neogene and Quaternary).

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.8 mm; its diameter 2.9 mm. Although there are no photos that explicitly depict Compsodrillia catherina, based on the appearance of related species, we can conclude that it most likely had a pointed, spiraled shell and was orange and/or brown in color.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation of Jamaica; also on Saint Thomas; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma

References

1. Fossilworks: Compsodrillia catherina

• 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 . 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.