Compsodrillia foruita

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Compsodrillia foruita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Compsodrillia
Species:
C. foruita
Binomial name
Compsodrillia foruita
MacNeil, 1960

Compsodrillia foruita is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]

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Description

Distribution

Fossils have been found in the Shimajiri Formation of Okinawa

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