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 adrastia, Spirotropis agamedea, Spirotropis antigone, Spirotropis azorica, 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 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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