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Drillia eburnea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Drillia eburnea was named by Conrad (1862) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Virginia-North Carolina.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 1608, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Drillia eburnea Conrad p. 285
1948Drillia eburnea Gardner p. 266

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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)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusDrilliaGray 1838
specieseburneaConrad 1862

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.

†Drillia eburnea Conrad 1862
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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

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Drillia eburnea (78264 78266 78269 79709)