Austrodrillia

Austrodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.[2]

Austrodrillia
Drawing of the shell of Austrodrillia dimidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Austrodrillia
Hedley, 1918[1]
Type species
Pleurotoma angasi Crosse, 1863
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Austrodrillia (Regidrillia) Powell, 1942
  • Regidrillia Powell, 1942

It was previously categorized within Crassispirinae, Turridae.[3]

Description

The small shell is very solid, subcylindrical or claviform. The sculpture consists of nodose ribs that do not attain the suture, and fine spiral threads which are most dense at the summit of the whorl. There is no epidermis. The protoconch consists of two smooth and elevate whorls. The aperture is wide, without varix or internal armature. The outer lip is simple. The wide sinus is U-shaped, its right margin resting on a massive insertion callus. The fasciole is indistinguishable.[4]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Australia and New Zealand. One species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Helena.

Species

Species within the genus Austrodrillia include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Austrodrillia achatina Verco, J.C., 1909: synonym of Austrodrillia dimidiata (Sowerby III, 1896)
  • † Austrodrillia alpha L. C. King, 1933: synonym of † Aoteadrillia alpha (L. C. King, 1933)
  • Austrodrillia burnupi (Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of Tylotiella burnupi (Sowerby III, 1897)
  • † Austrodrillia cinctuta Marwick, 1929: synonym of † Mauidrillia clavicula Powell, 1942
  • † Austrodrillia consequens C.R. Laws, 1936: synonym of † Aoteadrillia consequens (Laws, 1936)
  • † Austrodrillia koruahinensis Bartrum & Powell, 1928: synonym of † Splendrillia koruahinensis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
  • Austrodrillia hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882): synonym of Tylotiella hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882)
  • Austrodrillia nenia (Hedley, 1903): synonym of Splendrillia nenia (Hedley, 1903)
  • Austrodrillia praetermissa (E. A. Smith, 1904): synonym of Naudedrillia praetermissa (E. A. Smith, 1904)
  • Austrodrillia woodsi (Beddome, 1883):[14] synonym of Splendrillia woodsi (Beddome, 1883)
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References
  1. Hedley (1918). J. Proc. roy. Soc. New South Wales 51: M 79.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Austrodrillia Hedley, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432408 on 2012-07-05
  3. Austrodrillia Hedley, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  4. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
  5. Austrodrillia agrestis (Verco, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  6. Austrodrillia angasi (Crosse, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  7. Austrodrillia beraudiana (Crosse, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  8. Austrodrillia dimidiata (Sowerby III, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  9. Austrodrillia hinomotoensis Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  10. Austrodrillia saxea (Sowerby III, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  11. Austrodrillia secunda Powell, 1965. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  12. Austrodrillia sola Powell, 1942. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  13. Austrodrillia subplicata (Verco, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  14. Austrodrillia woodsi (Beddome, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
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