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genus

Drillia Gray, 1838

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Drilliidae

Scientific synonyms

Drillia (Drillia) J. E. Gray, 1838
Pleurotoma (Drillia) J. E. Gray, 1838

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Description

Shell claviform, medium-sized, siphonal canal short, deeply notched, fasciole often strong, usually with false umbilicus; anal sinus moderately deep, U-shaped. spout-like, usually projecting, constricted by large parietal pad; labium rather straight, with shallow to deep stromboid notch, usually preceded by varicoid rib; axial ribs strong, spiral sculpture varying from coarse to absent, subsutural cord weak to absent. Protoconch of 2-3 smooth whorls, initial one small and immersed. Operculum oblanceolate, with terminal nucleus. Radula with small unicuspidate rachidian, laterals strongly arched, marginals with short blade.

Kilburn, R.N., 1988. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae

Author: Jan Delsing

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Included taxa

Number of records: 86

species Drillia acapulcana Lowe, 1935

species Drillia acrybia W. H. Dall, 1889

species Drillia acurugata W. H. Dall, 1890

species Drillia aerope W. H. Dall, 1919

species Drillia albicostata Sowerby, 1834

species Drillia altispira A.V. Sysoev, 1996

species Drillia amblytera Bush, 1893

species Drillia angolensis N. H. J. Odhner, 1923

species Drillia annielonae (F. Nolf & J. Verstraeten, 2007)

species Drillia asra K.H.J. Thiele, 1925

species Drillia ballista Maltzan, 1883

species Drillia berryi F. S. Mclean & L. H. Poorman, 1971

species Drillia bruuni Knudsen, 1952

species Drillia caffra E. A. Smith, 1882

species Drillia canna W. H. Dall, 1881

species Drillia cecchi Jousseaume, 1891

species Drillia clavata Sowerby, 1834

species Drillia clionellaeformis (H.C. Weinkauff & W. Kobelt, 1875)

species Drillia coerulea Weinkauff, 1880

species Drillia connelli Kilburn, 1988

species Drillia cratista J.C. Melvill, 1927

species Drillia cunninghamae F. S. McLean & L. H. Poorman, 1971

species Drillia dakarensis Knudsen, 1956

species Drillia detecta (W. H. Dall, 1881)

species Drillia distincta J. Thiele, 1925

species Drillia dolana W. H. Dall, 1927

species Drillia dunkeri Knudsen, 1952

species Drillia eborea A. A. Gould, 1860

species Drillia enaea P. Bartsch, 1934

species Drillia enna (Dall, 1918)

species Drillia euphanes Melvill, 1923

species Drillia fanoa W. H. Dall, 1927

species Drillia flavidula J. B. Lamarck, 1822

species Drillia gibbosa I. von Born, 1778

species Drillia griffithi L. A. Reeve, 1843

species Drillia havanensis (W.H. Dall, 1881)

species Drillia idalinae P. Bernard, 1984

species Drillia inaequistriata Li, 1930

species Drillia indra K.H.J. Thiele, 1925

species Drillia inimica W. H. Dall, 1927

species Drillia inornata F. S. McLean & L. H. Poorman, 1971

species Drillia janseni H. Strebel, 1905

species Drillia jeffreysi E. A. Smith, 1875

species Drillia lea K.H.J. Thiele, 1925

species Drillia lignaria (Sowerby III, 1903)

species Drillia lophoesa R. B. Watson, 1881

species Drillia macleani Tucker, 1992

species Drillia maculomarginata R.N. Kilburn & P. Stahlschmidt, 2012

species Drillia minor Ph. Dautzenberg, 1900

species Drillia moeshimaensis T. Shuto, 1965

species Drillia monodi Knudsen, 1952

species Drillia neptuni W. H. Turton, 1932 ^inq.

species Drillia oleacina (W.H. Dall, 1881)

species Drillia orellana W. H. Dall, 1927

species Drillia paria L. A. Reeve, 1846

species Drillia paricostata Smith, 1879

species Drillia patriciae P. Bernard, 1984

species Drillia perclathrata T. Kuroda, 1960

species Drillia pharcida W. H. Dall, 1889

species Drillia phymaticus R. B. Watson, 1885

species Drillia poecila Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001

species Drillia ponciana Dall & Simpson, 1901

species Drillia pselia Barnard, 1958

species Drillia pyramidata (Kiener, 1839)

species Drillia quadrasi Böttger, 1895

species Drillia recurvirostrata T. Kuroda, 1960

species Drillia rosacea L. A. Reeve, 1845

species Drillia roseola J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1955

species Drillia rosolina F. P. Marrat, 1877

species Drillia rubrozonata M.M. Schepman, 1913

species Drillia sesquitertia E.C. Von Martens, 1904

species Drillia signa Bartsch, 1915

species Drillia sikesi H.B. Preston, 1908

species Drillia sinuosa F. S. Mclean & L. H. Poorman, 1971

species Drillia solida C. B. Adams, 1830

species Drillia spirostachys Kilburn, 1988

species Drillia subcontracta Smith, 1904

species Drillia suxdorfi H. Strebel, 1905

species Drillia takeokensis Otuka, 1949

species Drillia tholos Barnard, 1958

species Drillia tripter Maltzan, 1883

species Drillia tumida F. S. McLean & L. H. Poorman, 1971

species Drillia umbilicata Gray, 1838

species Drillia valida F. S. McLean & L. H. Poorman, 1971

species Drillia walteri M. Smith, 1946

Fossil taxa

species Drillia ebenina W.H. Dall, 1889 ^†

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1363783]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Drillia Gray, 1838]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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