Agladrillia callothyra

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

Agladrillia callothyra
Shell of † Agladrillia callothyra (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Agladrillia
Species:
A. callothyra
Binomial name
Agladrillia callothyra
Woodring, 1928
Synonyms[1]

Agladrillia (Agladrillia) callothyra, W. P. Woodring 1928

It is the type species of the genus Agladrillia.

Description

The height of the shell attains 19.5 mm, its diameter 7.1 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata on Jamaica.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Agladrillia callothyra. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871848 on 2016-07-24
  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies; Carnegie Institute Washington Publication, 1928


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