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Agladrillia leptalea

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Agladrillia leptalea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Agladrillia
Species:
A. leptalea
Binomial name
Agladrillia leptalea
Woodring, 1928
Synonyms

Agladrillia (Agladrillia) leptalea, W. P. Woodring 1928

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

It is the type species of the genus Agladrillia.

Description

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The height of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5.4 mm.

(Original description) The shell is small and slender, with a protoconch consisting of about two and a half whorls. The stromboid notch is rather deep, as indicated by the growth lines, while the siphonal notch is moderately deep and asymmetrical. The sculpture features narrow axial ribs that are weakly overridden by very fine, widely spaced spiral threads. The anal fasciole is flat, adorned with curved, attenuated prolongations of the ribs and finer, more closely spaced spiral threads than those found on the rest of the whorl. [1]

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata on Jamaica.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Woodring, W.P. (1928). "Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 385 (VII): 158. Retrieved 26 June 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.