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Drilliidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	97853	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=97853

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Drilliidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Drilliidae	(Olsson 1964)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Drilliidae	family	belongs to Conoidea	stated without evidence	Scarponi and Della Bella, 2003
Drilliidae	family	belongs to Conoidea	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

200

Extant Size (PBDB)

52 (26%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Conoidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Conoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. F. Ponder and A. Warén. 1988. Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288-326

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Agladrillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	144	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Antimelatoma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Calliclava genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Cerodrillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	20	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Chesaclava ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Clathrodrillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	180	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Clavus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	30	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Crassopleura genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cymatosyrinx genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	43	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Darbya genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Drillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	245	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Elaeocyma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Hindsiclava genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	140	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Iredalea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Kylix genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Leptadrillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Pseudoinquisitor genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	19.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Sediliopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Spirotropis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	26	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Splendrillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	46	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Stenodrillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	28.1 Ma Oligocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Suavodrillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Syntomodrillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	58	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Turriclavus genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	5.33 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1904	Clavinae Casey
1960	Clavinae MacNeil p. 110
1964	Drilliinae Olsson
1970	Clavinae Addicott p. 134
1970	Clavinae Woodring p. 374
1976	Clavinae Moore p. 39
1988	Drilliinae Ponder and Warén p. 307
1990	Drillinae Beu pp. 417, 418

Year	Name and Author
1990	Drillinae Beu et al. pp. 417, 418
1994	Drilliinae Wilson p. 184
2001	Clavinae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 714
2003	Drilliidae Scarponi and Della Bella p. 20
2004	Clavinae Petuch p. 295
2005	Drilliidae Bouchet et al. p. 256
2011	Drilliidae Bouchet et al. p. 289

References

Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326

MacNeil F. S. (1960) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1-148

Addicott W.O. (1970) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642, 1-172

Woodring W. P. (1970) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 D, 299-452

Moore E. J. (1976) Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922, 1-66

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Wilson B. (1994) , Australian Marine Shells 2

Harzhauser M., Mandic O. (2001) Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14, 671-795

Scarponi D., Della Bella G. (2003) Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana, Conoidea, Vol. 1 - Drilliidae e Turridae, Università di Bologna, Museo geologico Giovanni Capellini, 1-89

Petuch E. J. (2004) , Cenozoic Seas: The view from eastern North America

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Bouchet P., Kantor Yu. I., et al (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda), Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 3, 273-308 doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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