Spirotropis badensis

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

Spirotropis badensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species:
S. badensis
Binomial name
Spirotropis badensis
R. Janssen, 1993 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia modiola CsepreghyMezneric, 1953
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) modiola Hoernes and Auinger 1891
  • Pleurotoma modiola Hornes 1854
  • Pleurotoma scalaris Hauer 1837
  • Spirotropis modiola Strausz 1966
  • Spirotropis spinescens Bernasconi & Robba, 1985

Description

The length of the shell attains 20mm, its diameter 8.5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Middle Miocene strata in the Vienna Basin, Austria.

References
  1. R. Janssen. 1993. Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae. Scripta Geologica 2:237–261
  2. Fossilworks: † Spirotropis badensis


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