Leptadrillia parkeri

Leptadrillia parkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Leptadrillia
Species: L. parkeri
Binomial name
Leptadrillia parkeri
Gabb W.M., 1873
Synonyms[1]
  • † Turris (Surcula) parkeri Gabb, 1873 (basionym)
  • † Turris parkeri Gabb, 1873 (original combination)
  • † Drillia parkeri (Gabb, 1873)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.3 mm, its diameter 6.1 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Leptadrillia parkeri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872035 on 2016-10-20
  • 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions


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