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Clathrodrillia emmonsi

Geological Range

Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Southern Florida to North Carolina.

Remarks

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

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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Stratigraphic Occurrences

Early Pleistocene
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
James City Formation (NC)
Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
Late Pliocene
Duplin Formation (SC, NC)
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
<i>Clathrodrillia emmonsi</i> 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).
Specimen of <i>Clathrodrillia emmonsi</i> figured by Emmons (1858, fig. 147); scale unclear.
Specimen of Clathrodrillia emmonsi figured by Emmons (1858, fig. 147); scale unclear.
Early Pleistocene Map
Early Pleistocene Map
Late Pliocene Map
Late Pliocene Map