Syntomodrillia espyra

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

Syntomodrillia espyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Syntomodrillia
Species:
S. espyra
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia espyra
Woodring, 1928

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.

Distribution

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

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References

  1. 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions


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