Biology:Drillia allionii

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Drillia allionii
Drillia allionii 001.jpg
Shells of Drillia allionii (specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. allionii
Binomial name
Drillia allionii
Bellardi 1877

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

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in Pliocene strata of Greece and Italy, and in Miocene strata of Greece; age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma.

References

  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), pp. 1–179

Wikidata ☰ Q56279304 entry