Brephodrillia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Brephodrillia Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 |
Brephodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae. [1]
H. Pilsbry and H. Lowe(1932) put in Brephodrillia the species of Iredalea with a dorsal varix. [2] with Brephodrillia perfectus Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 as type species. This genus is, however, considered a synonym of Iredalea Oliver, 1915 by Powell, 1966 [3] In 1989 Vaught treated Brephodrillia as a subgenus of Iredalea. [4]
In 2011 Bouchet et al. treated Brephodrillia again as a synonym of Iredalea. [5]
Accepted species within the genus Brephodrillia include: