Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Alternative combinations: Drillia venusta, Pleurotoma (Drillia) venusta, Pleurotoma venusta, Pleurotoma venustum, Turris (Drillia) venusta
Belongs to Clathrodrillia according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Maury 1917, Olsson 1922, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: Clathrodrillia aulakoessa, Clathrodrillia dautzenbergi, Clathrodrillia diegensis, Clathrodrillia emmonsi, Clathrodrillia empera, Clathrodrillia gatunensis, Clathrodrillia gibbosa, Clathrodrillia islalindae, Clathrodrillia lelandi, Clathrodrillia mira, Clathrodrillia noventa, Clathrodrillia nuevagranada, Clathrodrillia ophioderma, Clathrodrillia puertocolombiana, Clathrodrillia saavedrai, Clathrodrillia subvaricosa, Clathrodrillia tityra, Clathrodrillia woodringi, Clavus (Clathrodrillia) coalingensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4)
• Miocene of Panama (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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