Biology:Compsodrillia foruita

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Compsodrillia foruita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Compsodrillia
Species:	C. foruita
Binomial name
Compsodrillia foruita MacNeil, 1960

Compsodrillia foruita is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in the Shimajiri Formation of Okinawa

References

• Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum : holotype

External links

• F. Stearns MacNeil, Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa, Geological Survey Professional Paper, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1960

Wikidata ☰ Q55608263 entry