Spirotropis modiolus

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Spirotropis modiolus
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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]
  • Pleurotoma carinataBivona-Bernardi, Ant. in Bivona-Bernardi, And., 1838
  • Spirotropis acutusL.M.D. Bellardi in E. Sismonda, 1842
  • Spirotropis scalarisP. Partsch in J. Von Hauer, 1837

Spirotropis modiolus 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 17 mm.

Distribution

Fossils were found in Pliocene strata of Italy; age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma.

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