Stenodrillia
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| Fossil shell of Stenodrillia bellardii from Pliocene of Italy | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Stenodrillia Korobkov, 1955 [1] |
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Stenodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[2][3]
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Oligocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 28.4 to 2.588 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of Italy, Austria, Denmark and Hungary.[4]
Description
Species within this genus can reach a size of about 3.5–60 millimetres (0.14–2.36 in).[5]
