Globidrillia ula

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

Globidrillia ula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Globidrillia
Species:
G. ula
Binomial name
Globidrillia ula
Woodring, 1928
Synonyms

Clavus (Globidrillia) ulla (Woodring, 1928)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

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

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References

  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
  • 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
  • "Globidrillia ula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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