Carinodrillia cymatoides
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Carinodrillia cymatoides

Carinodrillia cymatoides is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

J. Gardner was of the opinion that this species was a possible precursor of Compsodrillia eucosmia (W.H. Dall, 1889), a Recent species that she thought belonging to Carinodrillia.

Appearance

The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.

Distribution

Geography

This extinct species occurs in Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation, Florida, USA.

References

1. Carinodrillia cymatoides Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carinodrillia_cymatoides

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