| Spirotropis modiolus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Spirotropis |
| Species: | S. modiolus |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirotropis modiolus (de Cristofori & Jan, 1832) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Spirotropis modiolus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 17 mm.
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Fossils were found in Pliocene strata of Italy; age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma. They were first discovered by De Cristofori and Giorgio Jan in 1832.