''Globidrillia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the

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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 ...

. Previously it was included in the subfamily Clavinae of the family

Turridae Turridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family name for a number of predatory sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). ...

as a subgenus ''Elaeocyma (Globidrillia)'' Woodring, 1928. This genus includes only

bathyal The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone (from Greek βαθύς (bathýs), deep) is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above and the abyssopelagic below. The bathypelag ...

species.

Species

Species within the genus ''Globidrillia'' include: * ''

Globidrillia ferminiana ''Globidrillia ferminiana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. Description The shell grows to a length of 14 mm, its diameter 5 mm. (Original description) The shell is white, with a yellow ...

'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Globidrillia hemphillii'' (Stearns, 1871) * ''

Globidrillia micans ''Globidrillia micans'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm. The chestnut-colored shell has small, rather sharp, whitish, ...

'' (Hinds, 1843) * '' Globidrillia paucistriata'' (Smith E. A., 1888) * '' Globidrillia smirna'' (Dall, 1881) * '' Globidrillia strohbeeni'' (Hertlein & Strong, 1951) * † '' Globidrillia ula'' Woodring, 1928: (synonym ''Clavus (Globidrillia) ulla'' (Woodring, 1928) ) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Globidrillia aeolia'' W.H. Dall, 1919: synonym of ''

'' (Hinds, 1843) * ''Globidrillia aglaophanes'' R.B. Watson, 1882: synonym of ''

Clionella aglaophanes ''Clionella aglaophanes'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. Description The shell grows to a length of 7.6 mm. (Original description) The shell is high, narrow, conically cylindrical, with a ...

'' (R.B. Watson, 1882)

References

* W. P. Woodring. 1928. ''Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results''. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies Gastropod genera {{Drilliidae-stub