Microdrillia

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|image = Microdrillia aturensis 001.jpg

|image_caption = Shell of † Microdrillia aturensis (holotype in MNHN, Paris)

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|taxon = Microdrillia

|authority = Casey, 1903

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  • Acrobela Thiele, 1925 (Invalid: junior homonym of Acrobela Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera); Acropota is a replacement name)
  • Acropota F. Nordsieck, 1977

|type_species = † Oligotoma meyeri Cossmann, 1889

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Microdrillia is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Microdrillia Casey, 1903. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137821 on 2016-03-14

Description

The species in this genus are characterized by a well-developed, multispiral, closely coiled protoconch. One to three of its basal whorls are costulate. The body whorl is wholly devoid of costae but spirally carinate. The retral sinus is relatively large, circularly rounded and close to the suture. The aperture is oblique. The columella is callous, with or without plications. The siphonal canal is short or subobsolete.

The following species of this genus are also found as fossils in the age range of 48.6 Ma to 0.781 Ma: Microdrillia comatotropis, Microdrillia cossmanni, Microdrillia crispata, Microdrillia harrisi, Microdrillia ouchitae, Microdrillia propetrina, Microdrillia tersa, Microdrillia trina [https://www.fossilworks.org Fossilworks: Microdrillia]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Gulf of Oman, off South Africa and off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).

Species

; Species brought into synonymy:

References

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  • Thiele J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46
  • Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633–720.