Drillia allionii

Drillia allionii is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Drillia allionii
Shells of Drillia allionii (specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. allionii
Binomial name
Drillia allionii
Bellardi 1877

Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in Pliocene strata of Greece and Italy, and in Miocene strata of Greece; age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma.

References

  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), pp. 1–179


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