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Drillia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Drillia was named by Gray (1838) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. It is extant. Its type is Drillia umbilicata.

It was reranked as Turris (Drillia) by Gabb (1864), Gabb (1873) and Moody (1916); it was reranked as Pleurotoma (Drillia) by Dall (1903) and Aldrich (1906); it was reranked as Surcula (Drillia) by Anderson (1928); it was reranked as Tropisurcula (Drillia) by Mansfield (1940); it was reranked as Clavus (Drillia) by Baluk (2003).

It was assigned to Pleurotoma by Dall (1903) and Aldrich (1906); to Turris by Gabb (1864), Gabb (1873) and Moody (1916); to Pleurotomidae by Martin (1904) and Vredenburg (1921); to Gastropoda by Mansfield (1925); to Surcula by Anderson (1928); to Turrinae by Woodring (1928); to Tropisurcula by Mansfield (1940); to Clavinae by Woodring (1970); to Turridae by Oostingh (1935), Mukerjee (1939), Gardner (1948) and Kensley and Pether (1986); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Clavus by Baluk (2003); and to Drilliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Sister genera
Neodrillia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Drillia Gray p. 28
1864Turris (Drillia) Gabb p. 93
1873Turris (Drillia) Gabb p. 208
1903Pleurotoma (Drillia) Dall p. 1583
1904Drillia Martin p. 155
1906Pleurotoma (Drillia) Aldrich
1916Turris (Drillia) Moody p. 54
1921Drillia Vredenburg p. 103
1925Drillia Mansfield p. 16
1928Surcula (Drillia) Anderson p. 20
1928Drillia Woodring p. 162
1935Drillia Oostingh p. 111
1939Drillia Mukerjee p. 79
1940Tropisurcula (Drillia) Mansfield p. 205
1943Neodrillia Bartsch p. 83
1948Drillia Gardner p. 265
1970Drillia Woodring p. 374
1970Drillia (Neodrillia) Woodring p. 374
1986Drillia Kensley and Pether p. 195
2002Drillia Sepkoski
2003Clavus (Drillia) Baluk p. 30
2004Neodrillia Petuch p. 295
2011Drillia Bouchet et al. p. 289

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusDrilliaGray 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Drillia Gray 1838
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Subg. Drillia (Drillia) Gray 1838
Drillia allionii Bellardi 1877
Drillia aquanica Olsson 1922
Drillia aquansis Olsson 1922
Drillia arata Conrad 1862
Drillia aurantia Carpenter 1864
Drillia blacki Petuch 2004
Drillia carruca Olsson 1922
Drillia cercadonis Maury 1917
Drillia citria Olsson 1922
Drillia cliffensis Hanna 1927
Drillia coccos Olsson 1922
Drillia cocosina Olsson 1922
Drillia cristobali Olsson 1922
Drillia cydia Bartsch 1943
Drillia daditrina Mansfield 1925
Drillia decemplicata Vredenburg 1921
Drillia donalbertonis Maury 1917
Drillia dormitor Vredenburg 1921
Drillia drewi Gardner 1948
Drillia eburnea Conrad 1862
Drillia gourae Dey 1961
Drillia harfordiana colonensis Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Drillia hartleyensis Clark and Woodford 1927
Drillia impressa Conrad 1862
Drillia incilifera Conrad 1834
Drillia indica Vredenburg 1921
Drillia inniadda Mansfield 1925
Drillia limonensis Olsson 1922
Drillia limonetta Olsson 1922
Drillia limonica Olsson 1922
Drillia lithocolletoides Olsson 1922
Drillia losariensis Martin 1895
Drillia manzanillaensis Mansfield 1925
Drillia mercedensis Martin 1914
Drillia moensis Gabb 1881
Drillia musa Olsson 1922
Drillia musacina Olsson 1922
Drillia nitrina Mansfield 1925
Drillia ornata Dickerson 1915
Drillia orovillensis Dickerson 1916
Drillia papaya Olsson 1922
Drillia pennyi Mansfield 1925
Drillia polygonalis Gardner 1948
Drillia propefusiformis Mansfield 1925
Drillia protocincta Noetling 1901
Drillia protointerrupta Noetling 1901
Drillia pulcherrima Vredenburg 1921
Drillia pyrenoides Conrad 1834
Drillia riogurabonis Maury 1917
Drillia santacruzensis Ortmann 1902
Drillia squamosa Gabb 1873
Drillia subperpolita Böse 1910
Drillia tempestae Kensley and Pether 1986
Drillia theobroma Olsson 1922
Drillia tridadina Mansfield 1925
Drillia ullreyana Cooper 1894
Drillia waldorfensis Arnold 1908
Invalid names: Neodrillia Bartsch 1943 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available