Microdrillia propetrina Mansfield 1925 (snail)

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 A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

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 tersa, Microdrillia tricincta, Microdrillia trina

Type specimen: USNM 352625, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 8302, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 8302

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