Filodrillia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Filodrillia |
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| Original image of a shell of Filodrillia ornata | |
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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 group of small sea snails. These snails live in the ocean. They are a type of gastropod, which means "stomach-foot." This group of snails belongs to the family called Borsoniidae. This family also includes the famous cone snails.
What Filodrillia Snails Look Like
These Filodrillia snails live in deep parts of the ocean. Their shells are usually thin and slender. They have a special shape called "turreted whorls." This means the shell spirals up like a tower. Unlike some other snails, Filodrillia shells do not have strong ribs or bumps. Instead, their shells often have beautiful spiral patterns.
Where Filodrillia Snails Live
You can only find Filodrillia snails around Australia. They live off the coasts of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria. This means they are found nowhere else in the world!
Types of Filodrillia Snails
There are many different kinds, or species, of Filodrillia snails. Here are some of them:
- Filodrillia aikeni
- Filodrillia angulifera
- Filodrillia columnaria
- Filodrillia crebrespirata
- Filodrillia delicatula
- Filodrillia dolorosa
- Filodrillia dulcis
- Filodrillia haswelli
- Filodrillia lacteola
- Filodrillia mucronata
- Filodrillia ordinata
- Filodrillia ornata
- Filodrillia pergradata
- Filodrillia stadialis
- Filodrillia teres
- Filodrillia thornleyana
- Filodrillia tricarinata
- Filodrillia trophonoides
- Filodrillia vitrea
