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
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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.

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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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