Syntomodrillia tantula

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

Syntomodrillia tantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Syntomodrillia
Species:
S. tantula
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia tantula
(Conrad, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma (Clavatula) tantula Conrad, 1848 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma tantula Conrad, 1848 (original combination)

The secondary junior homonym Syntomodrillia tantula Bartsch, P., 1934 is considered by Fallon a synonym of Syntomodrillia portoricana Fallon, P.J., 2016

Distribution

This extinct species was found in Mississippi, USA

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia tantula (Conrad, 1848) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872250 on 2016-12-15
  • Conrad, Timothy Abbot. Observations on the Eocene Formation, and Descriptions of One Hundred and Five New Fossils of that Period, from the Vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi: With an Appendix. 1848.


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