Microdrillia trina

Microdrillia trina
Shell of Microdrillia trina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Microdrillia
Species: M. trina
Binomial name
Microdrillia trina
Mansfield, 1925

Microdrillia trina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm. It contains eight whorls, four in the protoconch and four in the teleoconch.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.and in the Caribbean Sea. Found as a fossil of the Miocene on Trinidad.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia trina Mansfield, 1925. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420256 on 2016-03-17

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