Filodrillia facts for kids
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Filodrillia Hedley, 1922 |
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| Drillia tricarinata Tenison-Woods, 1878
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Filodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Description
Filodrillia is a genus from deep water which resembles Etrema in the form of the sinus, but not of the protoconch, but differs in the thin slender shell, turreted whorls, absence of ribs and varix. The spiral sculpture predominates.
Distribution
This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
Species
Species within the genus Filodrillia include:
- Filodrillia aikeni Stahlschmidt, 2015
- Filodrillia angulifera Cotton, 1947
- Filodrillia columnaria Hedley, 1922
- Filodrillia crebrespirata (Verco, 1909)
- Filodrillia delicatula Laseron, 1954
- Filodrillia dolorosa (Thiele, 1925)
- Filodrillia dulcis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896)
- Filodrillia haswelli (Hedley, 1907)
- Filodrillia lacteola (Verco, 1909)
- Filodrillia mucronata Hedley, 1922
- Filodrillia ordinata Laseron, 1954
- Filodrillia ornata Hedley, 1922
- Filodrillia pergradata Cotton, 1947
- Filodrillia stadialis Hedley, 1922
- Filodrillia teres Laseron, 1954
- Filodrillia thornleyana Laseron, 1954
- Filodrillia tricarinata (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
- Filodrillia trophonoides (Verco, 1909)
- Filodrillia vitrea Laseron, 1954
- Species brought into synonymy
- Filodrillia recta (Hedley, 1903): synonym of Austrocarina recta (Hedley, 1903)
- † Filodrillia rupta Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Drilliola rupta (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
- Filodrillia steira Hedley, 1922: synonym of Austroturris steira (Hedley, 1922)
- †Filodrillia studiosorum L. C. King, 1933 : synonym of † Maoritomella studiosorum (L. C. King, 1933) (original combination)
- † Filodrillia torquatella Marwick, 1931 : synonym of † Maoritomella torquatella (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
- Taylor, J.D., Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. 1993. Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (=Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 59: 125-170
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