Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125
Belongs to Microdrillia according to W. P. Woodring 1970
See also Mansfield 1925 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Microdrillia (Andersondrillia), Microdrillia comatotropis, Microdrillia cossmanni, Microdrillia crispata, Microdrillia harrisi, Microdrillia meyeri, Microdrillia ouchitae, Microdrillia parthenoides, Microdrillia propetrina, Microdrillia tersa, Microdrillia tricincta
Type specimen: USNM 352624, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 9212, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Miocene of Panama (13), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Venezuela (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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