Mauidrillia partinoida
General description:
Species close to pullulascens , but with the axiais reduced to weak tubercles on the carina of the first two to three post-nuclear whorls only 11 per whorl. Spiral sculpture consisting of a subsuturai margining cord, two weaker cords on the shoulder, the moderately strong peripheral cord at the middle of the whorls, 2 to 3 weaker cords below it, plus 8 on the base and a further 8 linear-spaced threads on the anterior end. The whorls are only slightly angled.
Height, 8.4 mm. ; diameter, 3 mm.
Locality: Balcombe Bay, Mornington, Victoria (Finlay coll.) (Balcombian)
Middle Miocene.
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