''Stenodrillia'' 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.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Stenodrillia. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416013 on 2016-09-14]
Fossil records
This genus is known in the
fossil records from the
Oligocene
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...
to the
Pliocene (age range: from 28.4 to 2.588 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of Italy,
Austria, Denmark and Hungary.
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Description
Species within this genus can reach a size of about .
Species
Species within the genus ''Stenodrillia'' include:
* † ''Stenodrillia bellardii'' Des Moulins 1842
* ''Stenodrillia horrenda
''Stenodrillia horrenda'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Stenodrillia horrenda. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marin ...
'' (Watson, 1886)[
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Stenodrillia acestra'' (Dall, 1889): synonym of '' Compsodrillia acestra'' (Dall, 1889)
* ''Stenodrillia eucosmia'' (Dall, 1889): synonym of '' Compsodrillia eucosmia'' (Dall, 1889)
* ''Stenodrillia gundlachi'' (Dall & Simpson, 1901): synonym of '' Compsodrillia gundlachi'' (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
* ''Stenodrillia haliostrephis'' (Dall, 1889): synonym of '' Compsodrillia haliostrephis'' (Dall, 1889)
]
References
* Des Moulins, Charles. ''Révision de quelques espèces de pleurotomes.''.. chez Th. Lafargue, libraire, 1842.
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. ''Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico'', Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
Drilliidae
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