Paradrillia dainichiensis

Paradrillia dainichiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Paradrillia dainichiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Paradrillia
Species:
P. dainichiensis
Binomial name
Paradrillia dainichiensis
(M. Yokoyama, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Clavatula (Alticlavatula) dainichiensis (M. Yokoyama, 1923)
  • Clavatula (Paradrillia) dainichiensis (M. Yokoyama, 1923)
  • Clavatula patruelis dainichiensis (M. Yokoyama, 1923)
  • Drillia dainichiensis M. Yokoyama, 1923

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan. It was also found as a fossil in Pliocene and Quaternary strata in Japan.

References

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  • Yokoyama M. (1923) On some Fossil Mollusca from the Neogene of Izumo; Jap. Journ. Geol. and Geogr. vol.2 no. 1
  • Matsui, S., 1985a: Recurrent molluscan associations of the Omma-Manganji fauna in the Gojome-Oga area, northeast Honshu. Part 1. General discussions of fauna and systematic notes on gastropod and scaphopod species. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan. New Series, no. 139, pp. 149–179, pls. 22–23.
  • Ozawa, T., Tanaka, T. and Tomida, S., 1998: Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Warm Water Molluscan Fauna from the Kakegawa Group, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Nagoya University Furukawa Museum. Special Report, vol.7, pp. 1–204
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