Compsodrillia nakamurai explained

Compsodrillia nakamurai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.7 mm.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the East China Sea and off Japan; fossils have been found in Miocene strata of Okinawa and Pliocene strata in Japan.

Compsodrillia was named by Woodring (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Turrinae by  Woodring (1928); to Clavinae by  MacNeil (1960); to Drillinae by  Olsson (1964); to Neogastropoda by  Sepkoski (2002); to Turridae by  Gardner (1948), Todd (2001) and  Scarponi and Della Bella (2003); and to Pseudomelaniidae by  Bouchet et al. (2011). ^[3]

References

• Makiyama, J., 1931: Stratigraphy of the Kakegawa Pliocene in Totomi. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, vol.7, no.1, pp. 1–53, pls.1–3

External links

• F. Stearns MacNeil, Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa, Geological Survey Professional Paper, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1960
• Femorale: Compsodrilia nakamurai

Notes and References

1. Web site: WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Compsodrillia nakamurai . 2024-10-26 . www.bagniliggia.it.
2. Web site: Compsodrillia nakamurai .
3. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-10-26 . paleobiodb.org.