Biology:Drilliola crispata

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Drilliola crispata
Microdrillia crispata 001.jpg
Shells of Drilliola crispata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Drilliola
Species:
D. crispata
Binomial name
Drilliola crispata
(Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma crispata Cristofori & Jan, 1832 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma renieri Scacchi, A., 1835

Microdrillia crispata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

There is one subspecies: Microdrillia crispata vatreni Della Bella & Tabanelli, 1986

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm. The shell is acuminately turreted. The whorls are convex, with numerous prominent revolving carinae, the interstices narrow, obliquely longitudinally striated. The color of the shell is white, the apex tinged with fuscous. The siphonal canal is very short. The sinus is ample.[2]

Distribution

This extinct marine species has been found in Northeast Brasil. It also occurred in the Upper Pliocene of Romagna, Italy.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rosenberg, G. (2015). Microdrillia crispata (Cristofori & Jan, 1832). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533094 on 2016-03-16
  2. "G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences". ia600307.us.archive.org. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich. Retrieved 16 March 2016. 
  • Chirli (C.) & Richard (C.), 2008 Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1–128

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13852834 entry