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Clathrodrillia emmonsi (Olsson, 1916)

Clathrodrillia emmonsi
Clathrodrillia emmonsi

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Drillidae
Genus: Clathrodrillia
Species: Clathrodrillia emmonsi (Olsson, 1916)

Information

Geological Range

Quaternary

Pleistocene

Neogene

Pliocene

Paleogeographic Distribution

North Carolina

South Carolina

Florida

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Caloosahatchee Formation
James City Formation [Questionable/rare]
Waccamaw Formation [Uncommon]
Duplin Formation [Uncommon]
Jackson Bluff Formation [Uncommon]
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds)

Remarks

Common name: n/a

Synonymy: n/a

Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a

Other voucher specimens: n/a

Descriptions:

Original Description (from Emmons, 1858, p. 265):

“Shell small, thick, sub-acute; whirls, seven or eight; apex sub-tuberculated, constricted above, and traversed spirally by rather coarse raised lines; apex papillated, and the first whirl is spirally lined, and without tubercles or short ribs. It is more widely constricted than the preceding.”

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Measurements: n/a

Other remarks:

Named by Olsson (1916). To access this change of name in its original formatting through the Biodiversity Heritage Library, click here.

References: n/a

Online resources:

WoRMS record 1672682

Page history:

Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on June 2, 2015. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.

This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.

Media

Images

Clathrodrillia emmonsi from the Late Pliocene Jackson Bluff Fm. of Leon County, Florida (UF 79045).
Clathrodrillia emmonsi from the Late Pliocene Jackson Bluff Fm. of Leon County, Florida (UF 79045).
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Specimen of Clathrodrillia emmonsi figured by Emmons (1858, fig. 147); scale unclear.
Specimen of Clathrodrillia emmonsi figured by Emmons (1858, fig. 147); scale unclear.
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