Filodrillia dulcis

Filodrillia dulcis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Filodrillia dulcis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Filodrillia
Species:
F. dulcis
Binomial name
Filodrillia dulcis
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella dulcis G. B. Sowerby III, 1896 (original combination)
  • Drillia dulcis Verco, 1909

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Tasmania.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Filodrillia dulcis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433808 on 2016-03-07
  • Sowerby, G.B., III. (1896) List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 2, 24–32, pl. 3
  • Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293-342
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
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