Naudedrillia praetermissa
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| Naudedrillia praetermissa | |
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| Shell of Naudedrillia praetermissa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Naudedrillia |
| Species: | N. praetermissa |
| Binomial name | |
| Naudedrillia praetermissa (Smith E. A., 1904) | |
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Naudedrillia praetermissa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 15mm and 20mm.
The species belongs to the Pseudomelatomidae family, which forms part of a larger group known as turrids. This group has witnessed a decline in importance from the Cretaceous period to the present.
