Stenodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
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 .
Species
Species within the genus Stenodrillia include:
- â Stenodrillia bellardii <small>Des Moulins 1842</small>
- Stenodrillia horrenda <small>(Watson, 1886)</small>
- â Stenodrillia obeliscus <small>Desmoulins 1842</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Stenodrillia acestra <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>: synonym of Compsodrillia acestra <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Stenodrillia eucosmia <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>: synonym of Compsodrillia eucosmia <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Stenodrillia gundlachi <small>(Dall & Simpson, 1901)</small>: synonym of Compsodrillia gundlachi <small>(Dall & Simpson, 1901)</small>
- Stenodrillia haliostrephis <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>: synonym of Compsodrillia haliostrephis <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
References
- Des Moulins, Charles. Révision de quelques espèces de pleurotomes... chez Th. Lafargue, libraire, 1842.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. GarcÃÂa. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579âÂÂ699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of MexicoâÂÂOrigins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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