Carinodrillia elocata
| Carinodrillia elocata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Carinodrillia |
| Species: | C. elocata
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| Binomial name | |
| Carinodrillia elocata (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1922)
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| Synonyms | |
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Drillia elocata Pilsbry & Johnson, 1922 | |
Carinodrillia elocata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Subspecies : Carinodrillia elocata meta W.P. Woodring, 1928 from the Bowden Formation, Jamaica.
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 27 mm.
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Distribution[]
This extinct species was found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica, in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic and in Miocene strata of Panama; age range: 7.246 to 2.588 Ma.
References[]
External links[]
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Carinodrillia elocata
- Gardner J.A. (1937). The molluscan fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VI. Pteropoda, Opisthobranchia and Ctenobranchia (in part). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. 142-F: 251–435, pls 37–48
Categories:
- Carinodrillia
- Gastropods described in 1922
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs