Spirotropis gramensis

Spirotropis gramensis is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Spirotropis gramensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species:
S. gramensis
Binomial name
Spirotropis gramensis
R. Janssen, 1993 [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma modiola von Koenen
  • Drillia (Spirotropis) modiola Rasmussen
  • Spirotropis modiola Rasmussen
  • Spirotropis modiola Bernasconi & Robba

Distribution

This fossil species was found in the Gram Formation, Gramian, South Jutland, Denmark. It dates from the Late Miocene of Denmark and Belgium; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma

References
  1. Janssen, R. (1993) Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae). Scripta Geologica, Special Issue 2, 237–261


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