Compsodrillia torvita is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Compsodrillia torvita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Compsodrillia |
Species: | C. torvita
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Binomial name | |
Compsodrillia torvita MacNeil, 1960
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 38 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils have been found in Miocene strata of the Shimajiri Formation of Okinawa
References
editExternal links
edit- F. Stearns MacNeil, Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa, Geological Survey Professional Paper, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1960
- "Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences": Compsodrillia torviar