''Neodrillia'' is a
genus
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of
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
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s in the
family
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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 ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Neodrillia'' include:
* ''
Neodrillia albicoma''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Neodrillia blakensis
''Neodrillia blakensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Drilliidae.Bouchet, P. (2016). Neodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Tippett, 2007)
* ''
Neodrillia crassa''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Neodrillia cydia
''Neodrillia cydia'', with common name the Cydia drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm.
Distribution
This speci ...
''
Bartsch, 1943
* ''
Neodrillia princeps''
Fallon, 2016
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Neodrillia antiguensis''
Bartsch, 1943: synonym of ''Neodrillia cydia''
Bartsch, 1943
* ''Neodrillia barbadensis''
Bartsch, 1943: synonym of ''Neodrillia cydia''
Bartsch, 1943
* ''Neodrillia blacki''
Petuch, 2003:
synonym of ''
Fenimorea moseri
''Fenimorea moseri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Drilliidae.Bouchet, P.; Sartori, André F. (2016). Fenimorea moseri (Dall, 1889). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Registe ...
'' (Dall, 1889)
* ''Neodrillia encia''
Bartsch, 1943: synonym of ''Neodrillia cydia''
Bartsch, 1943
* ''Neodrillia euphanes''
(J.C. Melvill, 1923): synonym of ''
Drillia euphanes''
J.C. Melvill, 1923
* ''Neodrillia jamaicensis''
Bartsch, 1943: synonym of ''Neodrillia cydia''
Bartsch, 1943
References
* Bartsch, P. "A review of some west Atlantic turritid mollusks." Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 17.2 (1943): 81-122.
External links
Fallon P.J. (2016). ''Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species''. Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1-363
Gastropod genera
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