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Stenodrillia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Stenodrillia

Similar
  
Gemmula, Turrid, Conoidea

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

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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.

Description

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

Species

Species within the genus Stenodrillia include:

  • † Stenodrillia bellardii Des Moulins 1842
  • Stenodrillia horrenda (Watson, 1886)
  • † Stenodrillia obeliscus Desmoulins 1842
    • 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

    Stenodrillia Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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