''Compsodrillia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatominae ...
, the turrids and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Compsodrillia'' include:
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Compsodrillia acestra
''Compsodrillia acestra'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
(Original description) ...
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(Dall, 1889)
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Compsodrillia albonodosa''
(Carpenter, 1857)
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Compsodrillia alcestis
''Compsodrillia alcestis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 43.5 mm, its diameter 15.3 mm.
(Original descrip ...
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(Dall, 1919)
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Compsodrillia bicarinata
''Compsodrillia bicarinata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 52.2 mm, its diameter 15.7 mm.
Distribution
Th ...
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(Shasky, 1961)
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Compsodrillia canna''
(Dall, 1889)
* † ''
Compsodrillia catherina''
W.P. Woodring, 1928
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Compsodrillia disticha''
Bartsch, 1934
* † ''
Compsodrillia drewi''
(Gardner, 1948)
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Compsodrillia duplicata
''Compsodrillia duplicata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 58 mm.
Distribution
This speci ...
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(Sowerby I, 1834)
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Compsodrillia eucosmia
''Compsodrillia eucosmia'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.
(Original description) Th ...
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(Dall, 1889)
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Compsodrillia excentrica
''Compsodrillia excentrica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Compsodrillia excentrica (Sowerby I, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
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(Sowerby I, 1834)
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Compsodrillia fanoa''
(Dall, 1927)
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Compsodrillia foruita''
MacNeil, 1960
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Compsodrillia gonae
''Compsodrillia gonae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.
Compsodrillia gonae has a she ...
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Jong & Coomans, 1988
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Compsodrillia gracilis''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
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Compsodrillia gundlachi
''Compsodrillia gundlachi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. The specific epithet is named after Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach.
Description
The length of the she ...
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(Dall & Simpson, 1901)
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Compsodrillia haliostrephis
''Compsodrillia haliostrephis'' , common name the spindle drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell varies betwe ...
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(Dall, 1889)
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Compsodrillia haliplexa
''Compsodrillia haliplexa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 8 mm.
(Original description) ...
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(Dall, 1919)
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Compsodrillia jaculum
''Compsodrillia jaculum'', common name the javelin turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20&nbs ...
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(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
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Compsodrillia mammillata''
Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
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Compsodrillia nakamurai
''Compsodrillia nakamurai'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 14.7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in ...
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J. Makiyama, 1931
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Compsodrillia nana''
Bartsch, 1934
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Compsodrillia olssoni''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
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Compsodrillia opaca''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
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Compsodrillia petersoni
''Compsodrillia petersoni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 6.7 mm.
(Original description) The very elongate-con ...
''
Bartsch, 1934
* † ''
Compsodrillia senaria''
W.P. Woodring, 1928
* ''
Compsodrillia thestia''
(Dall, 1919)
* † ''
Compsodrillia torvita''
F.S. MacNeil, 1960
* † ''
Compsodrillia tricatenaria''
(T.A. Conrad, 1862)
* ''
Compsodrillia tristicha''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Compsodrillia undatichorda''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
* † ''
Compsodrillia urceola''
W.P. Woodring, 1928
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Compsodrillia chowanensis''
Gardner, 1948: synonym of † ''
Sediliopsis chowanensis
''Sediliopsis chowanensis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. ''
(J. Gardner, 1948)
* ''Compsodrillia halis''
H.A. Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1932: synonym of ''
Compsodrillia albonodosa''
(Carpenter, 1857)
* ''Compsodrillia polytorta''
(Dall, 1881):
synonym of ''
Hindsiclava polytorta
''Hindsiclava polytorta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.
(Original description) The large, slender, solid, ...
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(Dall, 1881)
References
External links
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70 (1927) Dall,W.H. (1927), ''Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries steamer Albatross in 1885 and 1886''. No. 2667, pp. 1-134.April 20, 1927*
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
Pseudomelatomidae
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