''Douglassia'' is a

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Drilliidae The Drilliidae are a taxonomic family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. This family has no subfamilies. It consists of about 30 genera and approx ...

Description

(Original description) The shell is of medium size. The

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are well rounded and smooth. The postnuclear whorls show a broad concave area immediately below the summit, across which the axial ribs do not extend. The rest are convex. The base of the shell is rather short. The

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is short and shows a feeble fasciole. The

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is rather large, deeply channeled anteriorly and posteriorly, the posterior channel being immediately below the summit. The stromboid notch is conspicuously reflected. The columellar wall is reflected as a heavy callus. The parietal wall shows a heavy callus that forms a knob at the exterior angle. The

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consists of strong axial ribs that extend from the anterior limit of the concave area, where they are strongest over the base, growing feebler anteriorly. Fine incremental lines are also present on the ribs and in the intercostal spaces. The body of the whorls is marked by fine spiral lirations, while the columella has strong spiral cords.

Species

Species within the genus ''Douglassia'' include: * '' Douglassia antillensis'' Fallon, 2016 * '' Douglassia bealiana'' Schwengel & McGinty, 1942 * '' Douglassia curasub'' Fallon, 2016 * '' Douglassia enae'' Bartsch, 1934 * '' Douglassia minervaensis'' Fallon, 2016 * '' Douglassia moratensis'' Fallon, 2016 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Douglassia nodosa'' Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of '' Splendrillia interpunctata'' (E. A. Smith, 1882)

References

Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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External links

WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: family Drilliidae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5302195 Drilliidae Gastropod genera