Leptadrillia parkeri

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

Leptadrillia parkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Leptadrillia
Species:
L. parkeri
Binomial name
Leptadrillia parkeri
Gabb W.M., 1873
Synonyms[1]
  • Turris (Surcula) parkeri Gabb, 1873 (basionym)
  • Turris parkeri Gabb, 1873 (original combination)
  • Drillia parkeri (Gabb, 1873)

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.3 mm, its diameter 6.1 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Leptadrillia parkeri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872035 on 2016-10-20
  • A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions


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