Carinodrillia elocata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Carinodrillia elocata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. elocata
Binomial name
Carinodrillia elocata
(Pilsbry & Johnson, 1922)
Synonyms

Drillia elocata Pilsbry & Johnson, 1922

Subspecies : Carinodrillia elocata meta W.P. Woodring, 1928 from the Bowden Formation, Jamaica.

Description

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The length of the shell attains 27 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct species was found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica, in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic and in Miocene strata of Panama; age range: 7.246 to 2.588 Ma.

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