Stenodrillia

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

Stenodrillia Temporal range: Oligocene–Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shell of Stenodrillia bellardii from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Stenodrillia Korobkov, 1955 [1]
Type species
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Species
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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)