Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Synonyms: Pleurotoma (Drillia) modiola Hoernes and Auinger 1891, Pleurotoma modiola Hornes 1854, Pleurotoma scalaris Hauer 1837, Spirotropis modiola Strausz 1966
Full reference: R. Janssen. 1993. Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae. Scripta Geologica 2:237-261
Belongs to Spirotropis according to R. Janssen 1993
Sister taxa: Pleurotoma (Spirotropsis) smithi, Spirotropis (Spirotropis), Spirotropis azorica, Spirotropis bainbridgensis, Spirotropis calodius, Spirotropis campi, Spirotropis confusa, Spirotropis gramensis, Spirotropis karamanensis, Spirotropis modiolus, Spirotropis patagonica, Spirotropis spinescens, Spirotropis tortonica, Spirotropis washingtonensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Felixstowe, Suffolk [Red Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)
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