Compsodrillia nakamurai

Compsodrillia nakamurai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Compsodrillia nakamurai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Compsodrillia
Species:
C. nakamurai
Binomial name
Compsodrillia nakamurai
Makiyama, 1931
Synonyms

Compsodrillia (Mammillaedrillia) nakamurai Makiyama, 1931

Description

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The length of the shell attains 14.7 mm.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the East China Sea and off Japan; fossils have been found in Miocene strata of Okinawa and Pliocene strata in Japan.[citation needed]

Compsodrillia was named by Woodring (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Turrinae by  Woodring (1928); to Clavinae by  MacNeil (1960); to Drillinae by  Olsson (1964); to Neogastropoda by  Sepkoski (2002); to Turridae by  Gardner (1948), Todd (2001) and  Scarponi and Della Bella (2003); and to Pseudomelaniidae by  Bouchet et al. (2011). [3]

References

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  1. ^ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Compsodrillia nakamurai". www.bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Compsodrillia nakamurai".
  3. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  • Makiyama, J., 1931: Stratigraphy of the Kakegawa Pliocene in Totomi. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, vol.7, no.1, pp. 1–53, pls.1–3
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