Spirotropis badensis

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Spirotropis badensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species:
S. badensis
Binomial name
Spirotropis badensis
R. Janssen, 1993 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Drillia modiolaCsepreghyMezneric, 1953
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) modiolaHoernes and Auinger 1891
  • Pleurotoma modiolaHornes 1854
  • Pleurotoma scalarisHauer 1837
  • Spirotropis modiolaStrausz 1966
  • Spirotropis spinescensBernasconi & Robba, 1985

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 20mm, its diameter 8.5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Middle Miocene strata in the Vienna Basin, Austria.

References

  1. 1 2 R. Janssen. 1993. Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae. Scripta Geologica 2:237–261
  2. ↑ Fossilworks: † Spirotropis badensis


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