Elaeocyma drilliaeformis

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Elaeocyma drilliaeformis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Elaeocyma
Species:
E. drilliaeformis
Binomial name
Elaeocyma drilliaeformis
(Cossmann & Pissarro, 1901)

Elaeocyma drilliaeformis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This extinct species was found in strata of the Lutetian in France.

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