Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Full reference: J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310
Belongs to Drillia according to J. A. Gardner 1948
Sister taxa: Drillia (Drillia), Drillia allionii, Drillia aquanica, Drillia aquansis, Drillia arata, Drillia aurantia, Drillia blacki, Drillia carruca, Drillia cercadonis, Drillia citria, Drillia cliffensis, Drillia coccos, Drillia cocosina, Drillia cristobali, Drillia cydia, Drillia daditrina, Drillia decemplicata, Drillia donalbertonis, Drillia dormitor, Drillia drewi, Drillia eburnea, Drillia gourae, Drillia harfordiana, Drillia hartleyensis, Drillia impressa, Drillia incilifera, Drillia indica, Drillia inniadda, Drillia limonensis, Drillia limonetta, Drillia limonica, Drillia lithocolletoides, Drillia losariensis, Drillia manzanillaensis, Drillia mercedensis, Drillia moensis, Drillia musa, Drillia musacina, Drillia nitrina, Drillia ornata, Drillia orovillensis, Drillia papaya, Drillia pennyi, Drillia propefusiformis, Drillia protocincta, Drillia protointerrupta, Drillia pulcherrima, Drillia pyrenoides, Drillia riogurabonis, Drillia santacruzensis, Drillia squamosa, Drillia subperpolita, Drillia tempestae, Drillia theobroma, Drillia tridadina, Drillia ullreyana, Drillia umbilicata, Drillia waldorfensis, Neodrillia, Pleurotoma (Drillia) caseyi, Pleurotoma (Drillia) dalli, Turris (Drillia) modestus
Type specimen: USNM 114044, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Natural Well - Duplin Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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