Carinodrillia cymatoides is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Carinodrillia cymatoides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Carinodrillia |
Species: | C. cymatoides
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Binomial name | |
Carinodrillia cymatoides J. Gardner, 1938
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J. Gardner was of the opinion that this species was a possible precursor of Compsodrillia eucosmia (W.H. Dall, 1889), a Recent species that she thought belonging to Carinodrillia.
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct species occurs in Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation, Florida, USA.
References
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