Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Drillia according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
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 orovillensis, Drillia papaya, Drillia pennyi, Drillia polygonalis, Drillia propefusiformis, Drillia protocincta, Drillia protointerrupta, Drillia pulcherrima, Drillia pyrenoides, Drillia riogurabonis, Drillia santacruzensis, Drillia squamosa, Drillia subperpolita, Drillia theobroma, Drillia tridadina, Drillia ullreyana, Drillia umbilicata, Drillia waldorfensis, Neodrillia, Pleurotoma (Drillia) caseyi
Type specimen: SAM-PQ-HB554, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Drillia tempestae in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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