Drilliidae | |
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An apertural view of a shell of Cymatosyrinx parciplicata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae Olsson, 1964 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Clavidae Casey, 1904 (non McCrady, 1859: preoccupied) |
The Drilliidae are a taxonomic family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.[2]
This family has no subfamilies. It consists of about 30 genera and approximately 500 Recent species.