Stenodrillia Korobkov 1955

Stenodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

Description

Species within this genus can reach a size of about 3.5–60 millimetres (0.14–2.36 in).^[5]

Species

Species within the genus Stenodrillia include:

• † Stenodrillia bellardii Des Moulins 1842 ^[6]
• Stenodrillia horrenda (Watson, 1886)^[7]
• † Stenodrillia obeliscus Desmoulins 1842 ^[4]

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)

References

• Des Moulins, Charles. Révision de quelques espèces de pleurotomes... chez Th. Lafargue, libraire, 1842.
• 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