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Microdrillia trina

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Microdrillia trina
Shell of Microdrillia trina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Microdrillia
Species:
M. trina
Binomial name
Microdrillia trina
Mansfield, 1925

Microdrillia trina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10 mm. It contains eight whorls, four in the protoconch and four in the teleoconch.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.and in the Caribbean Sea. Found as a fossil of the Miocene on Trinidad.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia trina Mansfield, 1925. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420256 on 2016-03-17
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  • "Microdrillia trina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308