Stenodrillia

Stenodrillia
Temporal range: Oligocene–Pliocene
Fossil shell of Stenodrillia bellardii from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Stenodrillia
Korobkov, 1955 [1]

Stenodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[2] [3]

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Oligocene 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.[4]

Description

Species within this genus can reach a size of about 3.5–60 millimetres (0.14–2.36 in).[5]

Species

Species within the genus Stenodrillia include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Korobkov I. A. Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molljuskam. Brjuchonogie.Leningrad : Gostoptechizdat, 1955. 795 p .
  2. 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
  3. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  4. 1 2 Fossilworks
  5. Sealife Base
  6. Fossiles
  7. Stenodrillia horrenda (Watson, 1886) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 October 2010.
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