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Spirotropis badensis

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Spirotropis badensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Spirotropis
Species:
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/SpirotropisSpirotropis 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

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

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.

References

  1. ^ a b R. Janssen. 1993. Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae. Scripta Geologica 2:237-261
  2. ^ Fossilworks: † Spirotropis badensis