Neodrillia
genus of molluscs
Neodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Species
Species within the genus Neodrillia include:
Neodrillia albicoma (Dall, 1889)
Neodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007)
Neodrillia crassa Fallon, 2016
Neodrillia cydia 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 (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.
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