''Compsodrillia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
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, the turrids and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Compsodrillia'' include:
* ''
Compsodrillia acestra''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Compsodrillia albonodosa''
(Carpenter, 1857)
* ''
Compsodrillia alcestis''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Compsodrillia bicarinata''
(Shasky, 1961)
* ''
Compsodrillia canna''
(Dall, 1889)
* † ''
Compsodrillia catherina''
W.P. Woodring, 1928
* ''
Compsodrillia disticha''
Bartsch, 1934
* † ''
Compsodrillia drewi''
(Gardner, 1948)
* ''
Compsodrillia duplicata''
(Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''
Compsodrillia eucosmia''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Compsodrillia excentrica''
(Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''
Compsodrillia fanoa''
(Dall, 1927)
* † ''
Compsodrillia foruita''
MacNeil, 1960
* ''
Compsodrillia gonae''
Jong & Coomans, 1988
* ''
Compsodrillia gracilis''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
* ''
Compsodrillia gundlachi''
(Dall & Simpson, 1901)
* ''
Compsodrillia haliostrephis''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Compsodrillia haliplexa''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Compsodrillia jaculum''
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
* ''
Compsodrillia mammillata''
Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
* ''
Compsodrillia nakamurai''
J. Makiyama, 1931
* ''
Compsodrillia nana''
Bartsch, 1934
* ''
Compsodrillia olssoni''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
* ''
Compsodrillia opaca''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
* ''
Compsodrillia petersoni''
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''
(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''
(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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