Leptadrillia
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Leptadrillia is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Drilliidae
Drilliidae
Drilliidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Description:...

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Species

Species within the genus Leptadrillia include:
  • Leptadrillia cinereopellis
    Leptadrillia cinereopellis
    Leptadrillia cinereopellis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Northwest Pacific Ocean off Japan.-References:...

    Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
  • Leptadrillia cookei
    Leptadrillia cookei
    Leptadrillia cookei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the benthic zone of the Caribbean Sea , the Gulf of Mexico and the Western Atlantic Ocean -References:* Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García...

    (E. A. Smith, 1888)
  • Leptadrillia elissa
    Leptadrillia elissa
    Leptadrillia elissa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific off Panama and the Magellan Strait-References:...

    (Dall, 1919)
  • Leptadrillia firmichorda
    Leptadrillia firmichorda
    Leptadrillia firmichorda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands, Panama and Colombia.-References:...

    McLean & Poorman, 1971
  • Leptadrillia loria
    Leptadrillia loria
    Leptadrillia loria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Bartsch originally misspelled this species as Leptodrillia loria. In 1973 Perrilliat renamed it as Leptadrillia loria...

    Bartsch, 1934
  • Leptadrillia quisqualis
    Leptadrillia quisqualis
    Leptadrillia quisqualis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The white shell is obtusely angulated, smooth above the angle, which is nodose by the termination of short longitudinal ribs. -References:*...

    (Hinds, 1843)
  • Leptadrillia splendida
    Leptadrillia splendida
    Leptadrillia splendida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Puerto Rico.-References:...

    Bartsch, 1934

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Leptadrillia aomoriensis Nomura & Hatai, 1940: synonym of Splendrillia aomoriensis
    Splendrillia aomoriensis
    Splendrillia aomoriensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Japan and the Philippines.-References:...

    (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
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