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

Syntomodrillia iphis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Syntomodrillia
Species:
S. iphis
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia iphis
Woodring, 1928

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6.3 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct species was found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.

References

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  1. ^ W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
  • 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
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