Filodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Description Filodrillia is a genus from deep water which resembles Etrema in the form of the sinus, but not of the protoconch, but differs in the thin slender shell, turreted whorls, absence of ribs and varix. The spiral sculpture predominates.Hedley, Charles (1920), A revision of the Australian Turridae; Records of the Australian Museum, vol. XIII nr. 6, Sydney
Distribution This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
Species Species within the genus Filodrillia include:
Filodrillia aikeni Stahlschmidt, 2015 Filodrillia angulifera Cotton, 1947 Filodrillia columnaria Hedley, 1922 Filodrillia crebrespirata (Verco, 1909) Filodrillia delicatula Laseron, 1954 Filodrillia dolorosa (Thiele, 1925) Filodrillia dulcis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896) Filodrillia haswelli (Hedley, 1907) Filodrillia lacteola (Verco, 1909) † Filodrillia ludbrookae A. W. B. Powell, 1944 Filodrillia mucronata Hedley, 1922 Filodrillia ordinata Laseron, 1954 Filodrillia ornata Hedley, 1922 † Filodrillia oyamai Shuto, 1961 † Filodrillia peramoena (Ludbrook, 1941) Filodrillia pergradata Cotton, 1947 Filodrillia stadialis Hedley, 1922 Filodrillia teres Laseron, 1954 Filodrillia thornleyana Laseron, 1954 Filodrillia tricarinata (Tenison-Woods, 1878) Filodrillia trophonoides (Verco, 1909) † Filodrillia turricula A. W. B. Powell, 1944 Filodrillia vitrea Laseron, 1954
Species brought into synonymy Filodrillia recta (Hedley, 1903): synonym of Austrocarina recta (Hedley, 1903) † Filodrillia rupta Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Drilliola rupta (Marwick, 1931) (original combination) Filodrillia steira Hedley, 1922: synonym of Austroturris steira (Hedley, 1922) † Filodrillia steiroides Chapman & Crespin, 1928: synonym of Microdrillia steiroides (Chapman & Crespin, 1928) †Filodrillia studiosorum L. C. King, 1933 : synonym of † Maoritomella studiosorum (L. C. King, 1933) (original combination) † Filodrillia torquatella Marwick, 1931 : synonym of † Maoritomella torquatella (Marwick, 1931) (original combination) † Filodrillia turrita Chapple, 1941 : synonym of † Mauidrillia turrita (Chapple, 1941)
References
Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 Taylor, J.D., Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. 1993. Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (=Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 59: 125-170 Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308