Carinodrillia fusiformis

Carinodrillia fusiformis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Carinodrillia fusiformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. fusiformis
Binomial name
Carinodrillia fusiformis
(W.M. Gabb, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Defrancia fusiformis (W.M. Gabb, 1873)
  • Drillia fusiformis W.M. Gabb, 1873 (original combination)

Distribution

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This extinct species was found in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic and in Oligocene to Miocene strata of Haiti; age range: 33.9 to 3.6 Ma

References

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Carinodrillia fusiformis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  • Gabb, William M. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. M'Calla & Stavely, printers, 1873.
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