Filodrillia

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 <small>Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
• Filodrillia angulifera <small>Cotton, 1947</small>
• Filodrillia columnaria <small>Hedley, 1922</small>
• Filodrillia crebrespirata <small>(Verco, 1909)</small>
• Filodrillia delicatula <small>Laseron, 1954</small>
• Filodrillia dolorosa <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
• Filodrillia dulcis <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1896)</small>
• Filodrillia haswelli <small>(Hedley, 1907)</small>
• Filodrillia lacteola <small>(Verco, 1909)</small>
• † Filodrillia ludbrookae <small>A. W. B. Powell, 1944</small>
• Filodrillia mucronata <small>Hedley, 1922</small>
• Filodrillia ordinata <small>Laseron, 1954</small>
• Filodrillia ornata <small>Hedley, 1922</small>
• † Filodrillia oyamai <small>Shuto, 1961</small>
• † Filodrillia peramoena <small>(Ludbrook, 1941)</small>
• Filodrillia pergradata <small>Cotton, 1947</small>
• Filodrillia stadialis <small>Hedley, 1922</small>
• Filodrillia teres <small>Laseron, 1954</small>
• Filodrillia thornleyana <small>Laseron, 1954</small>
• Filodrillia tricarinata <small>(Tenison-Woods, 1878)</small>
• Filodrillia trophonoides <small>(Verco, 1909)</small>
• † Filodrillia turricula <small>A. W. B. Powell, 1944</small>
• Filodrillia vitrea <small>Laseron, 1954</small>

• Filodrillia recta <small>(Hedley, 1903)</small>: synonym of Austrocarina recta <small>(Hedley, 1903)</small>
• † Filodrillia rupta <small>Marwick, 1931</small>: synonym of † Drilliola rupta <small>(Marwick, 1931)</small> (original combination)
• Filodrillia steira <small>Hedley, 1922</small>: synonym of Austroturris steira <small>(Hedley, 1922)</small>
• † Filodrillia steiroides <small>Chapman & Crespin, 1928</small>: synonym of Microdrillia steiroides <small>(Chapman & Crespin, 1928)</small>
• †Filodrillia studiosorum <small>L. C. King, 1933</small> : synonym of † Maoritomella studiosorum <small>(L. C. King, 1933)</small> (original combination)
• † Filodrillia torquatella <small>Marwick, 1931</small> : synonym of † Maoritomella torquatella <small>(Marwick, 1931)</small> (original combination)
• † Filodrillia turrita <small>Chapple, 1941</small> : synonym of † Mauidrillia turrita <small>(Chapple, 1941)</small>

References

• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
• 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
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308