Syntomodrillia tantula

Syntomodrillia tantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Syntomodrillia
Species:	S. tantula
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia tantula (Conrad, 1848)
Synonyms
† Pleurotoma (Clavatula) tantulaConrad, 1848 (basionym) † Pleurotoma tantulaConrad, 1848 (original combination)

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

The secondary junior homonym Syntomodrillia tantulaBartsch, P., 1934 is considered by Fallon a synonym of Syntomodrillia portoricana Fallon, P.J., 2016

Distribution

This extinct species was found in the United States state of Mississippi.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia tantula (Conrad, 1848) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872250 on 2016-12-15

• Conrad, Timothy Abbot. Observations on the Eocene Formation, and Descriptions of One Hundred and Five New Fossils of that Period, from the Vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi: With an Appendix. 1848.

External links

• Smith, E.A. (1888). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (2): 300–317. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
• Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species" . Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1. PMID   27394363.