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Spirotropis badensis

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Extinct species of gastropod

Spirotropis badensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Synonyms
  • 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

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

Description

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

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

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
Taxon identifiers
Spirotropis badensis


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