''Brephodrillia'' is a genus of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

s, marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the family

Drilliidae The Drilliidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. This family has no s ...

Taxonomy

H. Pilsbry and H. Lowe(1932) put in ''Brephodrillia'' the species of ''Iredalea'' with a dorsal

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. with ''Brephodrillia perfectus'' Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 as type species. This genus is, however, considered a synonym of ''

Iredalea ''Iredalea'' is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae. This genus was named in 1915 by Walter Oliver after Tom Iredale (1880–1972), an English-born naturalist who lived mainly in Australia. Fossil sp ...

'' Oliver, 1915 by Powell, 1966 In 1989 Vaught treated ''Brephodrillia'' as a subgenus of ''Iredalea''. In 2011 Bouchet ''et al.'' treated ''Brephodrillia'' again as a synonym of ''Iredalea''.

Species

Accepted species within the genus ''Brephodrillia'' include: * ''

Brephodrillia ella ''Brephodrillia ella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Nicaragua and Panama. References Tucker, J.K. 2004. ''Cat ...

'' Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 * '' Brephodrillia perfectus'' Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

References

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