Filodrillia
Sign in to saveFilodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyBorsoniidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 36
- Family
- Borsoniidae
- Collections
- TMAG, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Unknown Or Invalid
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- Parent taxon
- Borsoniidae
- Image
- Filodrillia ornata 001.jpg
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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.
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