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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
.Bouchet, P. (2015). Stenodrillia. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416013 on 2016-09-14
Fossil records
This genus is known in the
fossil record
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Oligocene
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Pliocene
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Description
Species within this genus can reach a size of about .
Species
Species within the genus ''Stenodrillia'' include:
* † ''Stenodrillia bellardii'' Des Moulins 1842
* '' Stenodrillia horrenda'' (Watson, 1886)
* † ''Stenodrillia obeliscus'' Desmoulins 1842
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Stenodrillia acestra'' (Dall, 1889): synonym of '' Compsodrillia acestra'' (Dall, 1889)
* ''Stenodrillia eucosmia'' (Dall, 1889): synonym of '' Compsodrillia eucosmia'' (Dall, 1889)
* ''Stenodrillia gundlachi'' (Dall & Simpson, 1901): synonym of '' Compsodrillia gundlachi'' (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
* ''Stenodrillia haliostrephis'' (Dall, 1889): synonym of '' Compsodrillia haliostrephis'' (Dall, 1889)