Syntomodrillia espyra

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Syntomodrillia espyra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Syntomodrillia
Species:
S. espyra
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia espyra
Woodring, 1928

Syntomodrillia espyra 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 7 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.

The shell contains one and a half to two and a half smooth whorls, with the nucleus of the whorls bulging slightly towards the anterior edge. The columella of the shell has fine spiral threads.

The number of whorls and size of the whorls were noted to vary between each individual specimen.

Distribution

This extinct species was found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Mya.

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References

  1. W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies