Syntomodrillia inadrina

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

Syntomodrillia inadrina
Original image of a shell of † Syntomodrillia inadrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Syntomodrillia
Species:
S. inadrina
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia inadrina
(Mansfield 1925)
Synonyms

Drillia inadrina Mansfield, 1925

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct species occurred in Miocene strata of Trinidad and Tobago; age range: 15.97 to 11.608 Ma

References

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  • A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions