Stenodrillia
| Stenodrillia Temporal range: Oligocene–Pliocene | |
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| Fossil shell of Stenodrillia bellardii from Pliocene of Italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Stenodrillia Korobkov, 1955 |
Stenodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Oligocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 28.4 to 2.588 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of Italy, Austria, Denmark and Hungary.[3]
Description
Species within this genus can reach a size of about 3.5–60 millimetres (0.14–2.36 in).[4]
Species
Species within the genus Stenodrillia include:
- Stenodrillia bellardii Des Moulins 1842† [5]
- Stenodrillia horrenda (Watson, 1886)[6]
- Stenodrillia obeliscus Desmoulins 1842† [3]
References
- ↑ Stenodrillia Korobkov, 1955 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 October 2010.
- ↑ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- 1 2 Fossilworks
- ↑ Sealife Base
- ↑ Fossiles
- ↑ Stenodrillia horrenda (Watson, 1886) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 October 2010.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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