Spirotropis badensis

Spirotropis badensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Spirotropis
Species:	S. badensis
Binomial name
	Spirotropis badensis; R. Janssen, 1993
Synonyms
	Drillia modiola CsepreghyMezneric, 1953; Pleurotoma (Drillia) modiola Hoernes and Auinger 1891; Pleurotoma modiola Hornes 1854; Pleurotoma scalaris Hauer 1837; Spirotropis modiola Strausz 1966; Spirotropis spinescens Bernasconi & Robba, 1985;

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

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 20mm, its diameter 8.5 mm.

This extinct marine species was found in Middle Miocene strata in the Vienna Basin, Austria.

^ ^a ^b R. Janssen. 1993. Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae. Scripta Geologica 2:237–261
^ Fossilworks: † Spirotropis badensis

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