Microdrillia trina
Microdrillia trina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Microdrillia trina | |
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| Shell of Microdrillia trina (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Microdrillia |
| Species: | M. trina |
| Binomial name | |
| Microdrillia trina Mansfield, 1925 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm. It contains eight whorls, four in the protoconch and four in the teleoconch.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.and in the Caribbean Sea. Found as a fossil of the Miocene on Trinidad.
References
- WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia trina Mansfield, 1925. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420256 on 2016-03-17
- Mansfield, Wendell C. Miocene Gastropods and Scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies: By Wendell C. Mansfield. No 2559. From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 66, Art. 22, Pp. 1–65, with Pls 1–10. US Government Printing Office, 1925
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
- "Microdrillia trina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
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