Filodrillia

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2026}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Filodrillia ornata 001.jpg | image_caption = Original image of a shell of ''Filodrillia ornata'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Filodrillia | authority = Hedley, 1922 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | type_species = ''Drillia tricarinata'' | type_species_authority = Tenison-Woods, 1878 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}

'''''Filodrillia''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|432461|''Filodrillia'' Hedley, 1922||19 February 2026}}</ref>

==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.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/revisionofaustri00hedl Hedley, Charles (1920), A revision of the Australian Turridae; Records of the Australian Museum, vol. XIII nr. 6, Sydney]</ref>

==Distribution== This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

==Species== Species within the genus ''Filodrillia'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" />

* ''Filodrillia aikeni'' Stahlschmidt, 2015 * ''Filodrillia angulifera'' Cotton, 1947 * ''Filodrillia columnaria'' Hedley, 1922 * ''Filodrillia crebrespirata'' (Verco, 1909) * ''Filodrillia delicatula'' Laseron, 1954 * ''Filodrillia dolorosa'' (Thiele, 1925) * ''Filodrillia dulcis'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896) * ''Filodrillia haswelli'' (Hedley, 1907) * ''Filodrillia lacteola'' (Verco, 1909) * † ''Filodrillia ludbrookae'' A. W. B. Powell, 1944 * ''Filodrillia mucronata'' Hedley, 1922 * ''Filodrillia ordinata'' Laseron, 1954 * ''Filodrillia ornata'' Hedley, 1922 * † ''Filodrillia oyamai'' Shuto, 1961 * † ''Filodrillia peramoena'' (Ludbrook, 1941) * ''Filodrillia pergradata'' Cotton, 1947 * ''Filodrillia stadialis'' Hedley, 1922 * ''Filodrillia teres'' Laseron, 1954 * ''Filodrillia thornleyana'' Laseron, 1954 * ''Filodrillia tricarinata'' (Tenison-Woods, 1878) * ''Filodrillia trophonoides'' (Verco, 1909) * † ''Filodrillia turricula'' A. W. B. Powell, 1944 * ''Filodrillia vitrea'' Laseron, 1954

;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Filodrillia recta'' (Hedley, 1903): synonym of ''Austrocarina recta'' (Hedley, 1903) * † ''Filodrillia rupta'' Marwick, 1931: synonym of † ''Drilliola rupta'' (Marwick, 1931) (original combination) * ''Filodrillia steira'' Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''Austroturris steira'' (Hedley, 1922) * † ''Filodrillia steiroides'' Chapman & Crespin, 1928: synonym of ''Microdrillia steiroides'' (Chapman & Crespin, 1928) * †''Filodrillia studiosorum'' L. C. King, 1933 : synonym of † ''Maoritomella studiosorum'' (L. C. King, 1933) (original combination) * † ''Filodrillia torquatella'' Marwick, 1931 : synonym of † ''Maoritomella torquatella'' (Marwick, 1931) (original combination) * † ''Filodrillia turrita'' Chapple, 1941 : synonym of † ''Mauidrillia turrita'' (Chapple, 1941)

==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95333#page/7/mode/1up Hedley, C. 1922. ''A revision of the Australian Turridae''. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56] * Taylor, J.D., Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. 1993. ''Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (=Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda).'' Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 59: 125-170 * [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyr017 Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea''. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308]

Category:Filodrillia Category:Gastropods of Australia Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Charles Hedley