Leptadrillia parkeri

Leptadrillia parkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Leptadrillia
Species: L. parkeri
Binomial name
Leptadrillia parkeri
Gabb W.M., 1873
Synonyms[1]
  • Turris (Surcula) parkeri Gabb, 1873 (basionym)
  • Turris parkeri Gabb, 1873 (original combination)
  • Drillia parkeri (Gabb, 1873)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.3 mm, its diameter 6.1 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Leptadrillia parkeri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872035 on 2016-10-20


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