Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969 Figs 4 N, 9 C Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969: 314 – 315, pl. 242, fig. 2; pl. 245, figs 1, 2. Type locality: Persian Gulf. Robba et al. 2004: 137, 139, pl. 19, fig. 2. Robba et al. 2007: 95 (appendix). Wells et al. 2021: 107. Referred material. CUF - NKNY - G 52 (7 shells; Figs 4 N, 9 C). Habitat. Sublittoral and upper bathyal zones (Robba et al. 2004). Distribution. Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean; Gulf of Thailand. Records of fossils from the Holocene in Thailand (Robba et al. 2004). Record in Thailand. Gulf of Thailand (Wells et al. 2021). Taxonomic remarks and comparisons. This species is recognised based on the descriptions and figures in Powell (1969) and Robba et al. (2004), specifically in having a light built claviform shell with a medially situated blunt peripheral keel bearing rather weak cog-like axial nodes, approximately 18 or 19 per whorl.

Published as part of Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Cuny, Gilles, Kocsis, László, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ngamnisai, Nom, Charoentitirat, Thasinee, Kumpitak, Satapat & Suraprasit, Kantapon, 2024, Mid-Holocene marine faunas from the Bangkok Clay deposits in Nakhon Nayok, the Central Plain of Thailand, pp. 1-110 in ZooKeys 1202 on pages 1-110, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1202.119389