Compsodrillia torvita

Compsodrillia torvita is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 38 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene strata of the Shimajiri Formation of Okinawa

References


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