Compsodrillia chowanensis Gardner 1948 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

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 Compsodrillia according to J. A. Gardner 1948

Sister taxa: Compsodrillia catherina, Compsodrillia haliostrephis, Compsodrillia senaria, Compsodrillia tricatenaria, Compsodrillia urceola

Type specimen: USNM 352373, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at TU 559 - Neils Eddy Landing [Waccamaw Fm] (Quaternary of North Carolina)

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