| Spirotropis carinata | |
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| Drawing of Spirotropis carinata on a specimen of Xenophora pallidula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Spirotropis |
| Species: | S. carinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Spirotropis carinata is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The name Spirotropis carinata has been misapplied to a Recent species from the Atlantic coasts of Europe. The true carinata is a fossil species from the Mediterranean. The valid name for the Recent species is Spirotropis confusa . [2]
The white shell shows whorls slightly excavated above, angulated and carinated on the periphery. The sinus is broad, deep and remarkably distinct, with the upper edge thickened. [3]
This fossil species was found in the Mediterranean Sea
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