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Leptadrillia parkeri

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Extinct species of gastropod

Leptadrillia parkeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Turris (Surcula) parkeri Gabb, 1873 (basionym)
  • Turris parkeri Gabb, 1873 (original combination)
  • Drillia parkeri (Gabb, 1873)

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

Description

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

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2016)

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 20 October 2016
  • 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions

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Taxon identifiers
Leptadrillia parkeri


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