Globidrillia Explained

Globidrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Previously it was included in the subfamily Clavinae of the family Turridae as a subgenus Elaeocyma (Globidrillia) Woodring, 1928.

This genus includes only bathyal species.

Species

Species within the genus Globidrillia include:

• Globidrillia ferminiana (Dall, 1919)
• Globidrillia hemphillii (Stearns, 1871)
• Globidrillia micans (Hinds, 1843)
• Globidrillia paucistriata (Smith E. A., 1888)
• Globidrillia smirna (Dall, 1881)
• Globidrillia strohbeeni (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
• † Globidrillia ula Woodring, 1928: (synonym Clavus (Globidrillia) ulla (Woodring, 1928))

Species brought into synonymy:

• Globidrillia aeolia W.H. Dall, 1919: synonym of Globidrillia micans (Hinds, 1843)
• Globidrillia aglaophanes R.B. Watson, 1882: synonym of Clionella aglaophanes (R.B. Watson, 1882)

References

• W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .