Eumetadrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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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: | †Eumetadrillia Woodring, 1928 |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Eumetadrillia include:
- † Eumetadrillia acidna Woodring, 1970
- † Eumetadrillia dodona Gardner, 1937
- † Eumetadrillia mauryae Perrilliat, 1973
- † Eumetadrillia rabdotacona. Gardner, 1937
- † Eumetadrillia serra Woodring, 1928
- † Eumetadrillia thalmanni Perrilliat, 1973
All these species are only known from fossils from the Middle Miocene in Central America (Mexico, Panama). An alternate representation is under Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia), which contains also one recent species Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia) fuegiensis (Smith, E.A., 1888)
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Eumetadrillia Woodring, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578103 on 2011-10-24
- W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.
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