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Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica was named by Vredenburg (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Pakistan.]. Its type specimen is Unknown number, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Clavus bellardii, Clavus pustulatus, Crassispira adelomorpha, Crassispira alesidota, Crassispira boadicea, Crassispira borealis, Crassispira brocchii, Crassispira calligona, Crassispira calurii, Crassispira daguini, Crassispira eupatoria, Crassispira ferenuda, Crassispira geslini, Crassispira hataii, Crassispira karikalensis, Crassispira laurentii, Crassispira loxa, Crassispira lyopleura, Crassispira macneili, Crassispira meunieri, Crassispira molengraaffi, Crassispira pseudoprincipalis, Crassispira pseudosigma, Crassispira pustulata, Crassispira ruggierii, Crassispira seiuncta, Crassispira sejungenda, Crassispira sella, Crassispira semisulcata, Crassispira sinensis, Crassispira smilia, Crassispira tapocana, Crassispira terebra, Crassispira tityra, Crassispira adana, Crassispira consors, Crassispira faceta, Crassispira factea, Crassispira lyopleura, Crassispira consors, Crassispira consors, Crassispira tepocana, Crassispira acutangularis, Crassispira inflexa, Crassispira margaritula, Crassispira nana, Crassispira subturrella, Crassispira sulcata, Crassispira turrella, D. acuminiensis, D. adriani, D. angulosa, D. aquaensis, D. baynhami, D. bracaccinni, D. bracheia, D. brevicauda, D. brongniarti, D. centrodes, D. cercadonsis, D. clathrata, D. coarctata, D. concors, D. consociata, D. consors, D. consors, D. consors, D. contabulata, D. continuecostata, D. coryphodes, D. costaria, D. crandalli, D. crebricosta, D. curiosa, D. dipta, D. eurysoma, D. fennemai, D. fratercula, D. gomphoidea, D. granaria, D. haraldi, D. henkeni, D. illiota, D. inaudita, D. inermis, D. inflexa, D. innexa, D. interruptum, D. intertincta, D. lapenotieri, D. lepta, D. lonsdallii, D. lunata, D. maonispriparum, D. martini, D. michelotti, D. microneta, D. nangulanensis, D. obtusangula, D. oerteli, D. orthopleura, D. pachycheila, D. palabuanensis, D. parina, D. perrara, D. pirabica, D. pleutonica, D. pogodula, D. popefusiformis, D. prion, D. pulchreconcha, D. pycnoklosta, D. raricosta, D. santacrucensis, D. scabriuscula, D. seiuncta, D. sejungenda, D. semisulcata, D. serratula, D. silfa, D. simpsoni, D. solitariuscula, D. subnodilirata, D. suffecta, D. sulcata, D. sulciensis, D. sumberanensis, D. surculopsis, D. terebra, D. trabeatoides, D. trimitrodita, D. trypanion, D. tubanensis, D. unifilosa, D. urbinai, D. verticillum, D. waltoniana, D. zosta, D. auriculifera, D. cotteri, D. riogurabonis, Pleurotoma agassizi, Pleurotoma allioni, Pleurotoma picaculina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica Vredenburg pp. 63-64 figs. pl. 5, fig. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusDrilliaSwainson 1840
subgenusCrassispira
speciesmekranica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available