Drillia Gray 1838 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Alternative spellings: Clavus (Drillia), Pleurotoma (Drillia), Surcula (Drillia), Tropisurcula (Drillia), Turris (Drillia)

Parent taxon: Drilliidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011

See also Anderson 1928, Baluk 2003, Gabb 1864, Gardner 1948, Kensley and Pether 1986, Mansfield 1925, Mansfield 1940, Martin 1904, Maury 1917, Moody 1916, Mukerjee 1939, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Vredenburg 1921, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1970

Sister taxa: Agladrillia, Cymatosyrinx, Splendrillia, Syntomodrillia, Stenodrillia, Spirotropis, Clathrodrillia, Crassopleura, Darbya, Hindsiclava, Chesaclava, Pseudoinquisitor, Antimelatoma, Sediliopsis, Suavodrillia

Subtaxa: Drillia (Drillia) Drillia allionii Drillia aquanica Drillia aquansis Drillia arata Drillia aurantia Drillia blacki Drillia carruca Drillia cercadonis Drillia citria Drillia cliffensis Drillia coccos Drillia cocosina Drillia cristobali Drillia cydia Drillia daditrina Drillia decemplicata Drillia donalbertonis Drillia dormitor Drillia drewi Drillia eburnea Drillia gourae Drillia harfordiana Drillia hartleyensis Drillia impressa Drillia incilifera Drillia indica Drillia inniadda Drillia limonensis Drillia limonetta Drillia limonica Drillia lithocolletoides Drillia losariensis Drillia manzanillaensis Drillia mercedensis Drillia moensis Drillia musa Drillia musacina Drillia nitrina Drillia ocoyana Drillia ornata Drillia orovillensis Drillia papaya Drillia pennyi Drillia polygonalis Drillia propefusiformis Drillia protocincta Drillia protointerrupta Drillia pulcherrima Drillia pyrenoides Drillia riogurabonis Drillia santacruzensis Drillia squamosa Drillia subperpolita Drillia tempestae Drillia theobroma Drillia tridadina Drillia ullreyana Drillia umbilicata Drillia waldorfensis Neodrillia Pleurotoma (Drillia) caseyi Pleurotoma (Drillia) dalli Turris (Drillia) modestus

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Type: Drillia umbilicata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (2 collections), Panama (1), United States (5: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Colombia (2), Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (3), Greece (2), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (3), Panama (2), United States (12: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Austria (2), Brazil (3), Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Greece (2), India (3), Indonesia (2), Italy (5), Myanmar (6), Panama (3), Romania (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (15: Florida, Maryland, South Carolina)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Haiti (1), Myanmar (1), Panama (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Eocene of France (2), Indonesia (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (20: Alabama, California, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)

Total: 136 collections including 254 occurrences

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