''Leptadrillia parkeri'' is an extinct

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

, a marine

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in the

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Drilliidae The Drilliidae are a taxonomic family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. This family has no subfamilies. It consists of about 30 genera and approx ...

.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 20 October 2016

Description

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in

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; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma

References

* 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 ''Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions''

External links

Fossilworks: ''Leptadrillia parker''i
parkeri {{drilliidae-stub