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Carinodrillia cymatoides

Carinodrillia cymatoides is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

J. Gardner was of the opinion that this species was a possible precursor of Compsodrillia eucosmia <small>(W.H. Dall, 1889)</small>, a Recent species that she thought belonging to Carinodrillia.

Description

The length of the shell attains 16&nbsp;mm, its diameter 5.5&nbsp;mm.

Distribution

This extinct species occurred in Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation, Florida, United States.

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