Compsodrillia nakamurai

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

Compsodrillia nakamurai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Compsodrillia
Species:
C. nakamurai
Binomial name
Compsodrillia nakamurai
Makiyama, 1931
Synonyms

Compsodrillia (Mammillaedrillia) nakamurai Makiyama, 1931

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the East China Sea and off Japan; fossils have been found in Miocene strata of Okinawa and Pliocene strata in Japan.

References

  • Makiyama, J., 1931: Stratigraphy of the Kakegawa Pliocene in Totomi. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, vol.7, no.1, pp. 1–53, pls.1-3


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