''Filodrillia vitrea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...

.WoRMS (2015). Filodrillia vitrea Laseron, 1954. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433820 on 2016-03-07

Description

Distribution

This marine species is

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to Australia and occurs off

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and

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References

* Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12. {{Taxonbar, from=Q10282355

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Gastropods of Australia Gastropods described in 1954