Syntomodrillia ludbrookae

Syntomodrillia ludbrookae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae. Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene, and have been found in the strata of the St Vincent Basin of South Australia.

Description

In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
The holotype of the species measures in height and in diameter. It has a similar appearance to Tylotiella falcicosta found in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, but has a slightly more narrow shell.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected from the Metropolitan Abattoirs Bore in Adelaide, Australia, at a depth of in 1919 by Walter Howchin and Joseph Verco, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

This extinct marine species dates to the middle Miocene, and occurs in the strata of the St Vincent Basin of South Australia, found in the Dry Creek Sands.