Biology:Agladrillia callothyra

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Agladrillia callothyra
Agladrillia callothyra 001.jpg
Shell of † Agladrillia callothyra (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Agladrillia
Species:
A. callothyra
Binomial name
Agladrillia callothyra
Woodring, 1928
Synonyms[1]

Agladrillia (Agladrillia) callothyra, W. P. Woodring 1928

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

It is the type species of the genus Agladrillia.

Description

The height of the shell attains 19.5 mm, its diameter 7.1 mm. Its fossil range was in the Pliocene.[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata on Jamaica.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bouchet, P. (2016). Agladrillia callothyra. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871848 on 24 July 2016
  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies; Carnegie Institute Washington Publication, 1928

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