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Carinodrillia elocata

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Drillia elocata was named by Pilsbry and Johnson (1922) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Carinodrillia (Carinodrillia) elocata by Woodring (1970); it was recombined as Carinodrillia elocata by Woodring (1928) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Subspecies
C. meta
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cymatoides, C. hexagona

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Drillia elocata Pilsbry and Johnson p. 318 figs. pl. 16, fig. 9
1928Carinodrillia elocata Woodring p. 154
1970Carinodrillia (Carinodrillia) elocata Woodring p. 376
2008Carinodrillia elocata Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusCarinodrillia(Dall 1919)
specieselocata(Pilsbry and Johnson 1922)

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.

†Carinodrillia elocata Pilsbry and Johnson 1922
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†Carinodrillia elocata meta Woodring 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available