Inodrillia whitfieldi

Inodrillia whitfieldi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Inodrillia whitfieldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Inodrillia
Species:
I. whitfieldi
Binomial name
Inodrillia whitfieldi
Rios, 2009
Synonyms
  • Clavatula whitfieldi
  • Drillia elegans Whitfield 1894
  • Drillia whitfieldi

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in Miocene strata of Delaware, USA; age range: 20.43 to 15.97 Ma

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References

  • G. C. Martin. 1904. Gastropoda. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene(Text):131-269
  • J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310
  • L. W. Ward. 1998. Mollusks from the Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Site, Kenty County, Delaware: A preliminary analysis. Geology and paleontology of the lower Miocene Pollack Farm Fossil Site, Delaware


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