Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Alternative combination: Pleurotoma spinescens
Synonym: Drillia spinescens Strausz 1966
Belongs to Spirotropis according to R. Janssen 1993
Sister taxa: Pleurotoma (Spirotropsis) smithi, Spirotropis (Spirotropis), Spirotropis adrastia, Spirotropis agamedea, Spirotropis antigone, Spirotropis azorica, Spirotropis badensis, Spirotropis bainbridgensis, Spirotropis calodius, Spirotropis campi, Spirotropis chrysothemis, Spirotropis confusa, Spirotropis cymothoe, Spirotropis dickersoni, Spirotropis evadne, Spirotropis gramensis, Spirotropis karamanensis, Spirotropis modiolus, Spirotropis patagonica, Spirotropis polycaste, Spirotropis tortonica, Spirotropis washingtonensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (1 collection), Romania (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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