Biology:Compsodrillia chowanensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Compsodrillia |
| Species: | C. chowanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Compsodrillia chowanensis J.A. Gardner, 1948
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Compsodrillia chowanensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm; its diameter 5.5 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the Waccamaw Formation of North Carolina, USA; age range: 2.588 to 0.781 Ma
References
- J.A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310
Wikidata ☰ Q55608260 entry
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