Leptadrillia Explained

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

Description

The species in Leptadrillia have a dorsal varix.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Leptadrillia include:

Leptadrillia campechensis Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia cinereopellis Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
Leptadrillia elissa (Dall, 1919)
Leptadrillia firmichorda McLean & Poorman, 1971
Leptadrillia flavomaculata Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia guianensis Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia histriata Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia incarnata Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia lizae Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia loria Bartsch, 1934
Leptadrillia lucaya Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia luciae Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia maryae Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia moorei Fallon, 2016
† Leptadrillia parkeri (Gabb, 1873)
Leptadrillia profunda Fallon, 2016
Leptadrillia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)
Leptadrillia splendida Bartsch, 1934
Leptadrillia violacea Fallon, 2016

Species brought into synonymy:

Leptadrillia albicoma (Dall, 1889): synonym of Neodrillia albicoma (Dall, 1889)
Leptadrillia aomoriensis Nomura & Hatai, 1940: synonym of Splendrillia aomoriensis (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
Leptadrillia cookei (E. A. Smith, 1888): synonym of Syntomodrillia cookei (E. A. Smith, 1888)

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

External links

Fallon . P.J. . Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species . Zootaxa . 2016 . 4090 . 1 . 1-363 .

Notes and References

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 .
http://s190418054.onlinehome.us/Portal/Turrids/Turrid03.pdf Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, Chapter 3, History and Taxonomy of the Clavidae; June 1, 2001