Spirotropis badensis
| Spirotropis badensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Spirotropis |
| Species: | S. badensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Spirotropis badensis R. Janssen, 1993 [1]
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Spirotropis badensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 20mm, its diameter 8.5 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This extinct marine species was found in Middle Miocene strata in the Vienna Basin, Austria.
References[edit]
- ^ a b R. Janssen. 1993. Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae. Scripta Geologica 2:237–261
- ^ Fossilworks: † Spirotropis badensis