Leptadrillia parkeri
Leptadrillia parkeri is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| 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] | |
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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
- 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
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