Filodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

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.[2]

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:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Filodrillia recta (Hedley, 1903): synonym of Austrocarina recta (Hedley, 1903)
  • † Filodrillia rupta Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Drilliola rupta (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
  • Filodrillia steira Hedley, 1922: synonym of Austroturris steira (Hedley, 1922)
  • †Filodrillia studiosorum L. C. King, 1933 : synonym of † Maoritomella studiosorum (L. C. King, 1933) (original combination)
  • † Filodrillia torquatella Marwick, 1931 : synonym of † Maoritomella torquatella (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Filodrillia Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432461 on 2016-03-06
  2. ^ Hedley, Charles (1920), A revision of the Australian Turridae; Records of the Australian Museum, vol. XIII nr. 6, Sydney
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filodrillia
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