WoRMS name details
Pleurotoma (Drillia) J. E. Gray, 1838
578096 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578096)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Subgenus
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) consanguinea E. A. Smith, 1888 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) filosa Marrat, 1877 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) angusta E. A. Smith, 1877 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) auriformis E. A. Smith, 1884 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) bilirata E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) booleyi Melvill & Sykes, 1897 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) concolor E. A. Smith, 1877 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) cretata E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) dejecta E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) excavata E. A. Smith, 1877 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) fijiensis E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) granularis E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) incilis R. B. Watson, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) jousseaumei Melvill, 1895 (uncertain > unassessed, junior homonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) jucunda E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) ochroleuca Melvill & Sykes, 1897 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) paeteliana Weinkauff, 1876 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) parva E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) prattii E. A. Smith, 1877 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) rimata E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) roseobasis E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) rotundicostata E. A. Smith, 1877 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) rubrofusca E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) schillingi Weinkauff, 1876 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) semipellucida E. A. Smith, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) spicea R. B. Watson, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) aglaophanes R. B. Watson, 1882 accepted as Clionella aglaophanes (R. B. Watson, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) amblytera K. J. Bush, 1893 accepted as Inodrillia amblytera (K. J. Bush, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) amoena E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Neoguraleus amoenus (E. A. Smith, 1884) (superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) angriasensis Melvill, 1898 accepted as Drillia angriasensis (Melvill, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) atkinsonii E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Drillia crenularis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Ptychobela nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) baynhami E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Ptychobela baynhami (E. A. Smith, 1891) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) benten Yokoyama, 1920 accepted as Elaeocyma benten (Yokoyama, 1920) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) brachytona R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Benthomangelia brachytona (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) brunneomaculata G. B. Sowerby III, 1874 accepted as Pleurotoma brunneomaculata G. B. Sowerby III, 1874 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) bulbacea R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Aoteadrillia bulbacea (R. B. Watson, 1881) (superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 accepted as Tylotiella burnupi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) challengeri E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Belomitra challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) chocolata E. A. Smith, 1875 accepted as Inquisitor chocolatus (E. A. Smith, 1875) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) chocolatum E. A. Smith, 1875 accepted as Pleurotoma (Drillia) chocolata E. A. Smith, 1875 accepted as Inquisitor chocolatus (E. A. Smith, 1875)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) consociata E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Crassispira consociata (E. A. Smith, 1877) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) cookei E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Syntomodrillia cookei (E. A. Smith, 1888) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) crassa E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Pleurotoma crassa E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Clavus aglaia (Dall, 1918)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) crossei E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Awateria crossei (E. A. Smith, 1891) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) detecta Dall, 1881 accepted as Pleurotomella circumvoluta (R. B. Watson, 1881) (invalid: not Desmoulins, 1842)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) digna E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Pseudomelatoma penicillata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) disjecta E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Splendrillia disjecta (E. A. Smith, 1888) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) elachystoma E. von Martens, 1901 accepted as Inquisitor elachystoma (E. von Martens, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) elusiva Dall, 1881 accepted as Pleurotomella elusiva (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) essingtonensis E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Inquisitor mastersi (Brazier, 1876)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) exasperata Dall, 1881 accepted as Inodrillia pharcida (Dall, 1889) (invalid: not Reeve, 1843)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) exsculpta R. B. Watson, 1882 accepted as Belomitra pourtalesii (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) fluctuosa R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Typhlomangelia fluctuosa (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) fossata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 accepted as Tropidoturris fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) gratula Dall, 1881 accepted as Glyphostoma gratula (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) gypsata R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Austrobela gypsata (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) hadfieldi Melvill & Standen, 1895 accepted as Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi (Melvill & Standen, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) havanensis Dall, 1881 accepted as Drillia havanensis (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) hemphillii Stearns, 1871 accepted as Globidrillia hemphillii (Stearns, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) horrenda R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Stenodrillia horrenda (R. B. Watson, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) hoylei E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Awateria hoylei (E. A. Smith, 1891) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) incerta E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Inquisitor incertus (E. A. Smith, 1877) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) inchoata Sturany, 1900 accepted as Drillia inchoata (Sturany, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) intertincta E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Inquisitor intertinctus (E. A. Smith, 1877) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) kymatoessa R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Etrema kymatoessa (R. B. Watson, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) latisinuata E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Funa latisinuata (E. A. Smith, 1877) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) leucomata Dall, 1881 accepted as Corinnaeturris leucomata (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) lophoessa R. B. Watson, 1882 accepted as Clathrodrillia lophoessa (R. B. Watson, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) maorum E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Drillia maorum (E. A. Smith, 1877) accepted as Antimelatoma buchanani (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) microscelida Dall, 1895 accepted as Carinoturris microscelida (Dall, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) mindanensis E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Cheungbeia mindanensis (E. A. Smith, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) montereyensis Stearns, 1871 accepted as Crassispira montereyensis (Stearns, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) morra Dall, 1881 accepted as Rimosodaphnella morra (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) multicostellata E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Inquisitor latifasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) multilirata E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Inquisitor multilirata (E. A. Smith, 1877) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) nodilirata E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Clavus nodiliratus (E. A. Smith, 1877) (original combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) nucleata Dall, 1881 accepted as Inodrillia nucleata (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) oleacina Dall, 1881 accepted as Drillia oleacina (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) paucistriata E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Globidrillia paucistriata (E. A. Smith, 1888) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) paupera R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Leucosyrinx paupera (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) peripla Dall, 1881 accepted as Gymnobela chyta (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) persica E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Splendrillia persica (E. A. Smith, 1888) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) phaeacra R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Spirotropis phaeacra (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) polytorta Dall, 1881 accepted as Hindsiclava polytorta (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) portia E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Paraclathurella gracilenta (Reeve, 1843) (junior synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) potti Sturany, 1900 accepted as Leiocithara potti (Sturany, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) pseudoprincipalis Yokoyama, 1920 accepted as Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis (Yokoyama, 1920) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) pupiformis E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Ceritoturris pupiformis (E. A. Smith, 1884) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) pyrrha R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Typhlomangelia pyrrha (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) resplendens Melvill, 1898 accepted as Splendrillia resplendens (Melvill, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) rosolina Marrat, 1877 accepted as Drillia rosolina (Marrat, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) scitecostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 accepted as Tropidoturris scitecostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) serga Dall, 1881 accepted as Kurtziella serga (Dall, 1881) (original combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) smirna Dall, 1881 accepted as Globidrillia smirna (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) spadix R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Paracuneus immaculatus (Tenison Woods, 1876) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) sterrha R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Inquisitor sterrhus (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) stirophora R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Spirotropis stirophora (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) strigata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 accepted as Drillia barkliensis H. Adams, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) suavis E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Vexitomina suavis (E. A. Smith, 1888) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) subochracea E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Aguilaria subochracea (E. A. Smith, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) subsida Dall, 1881 accepted as Mangelia subsida (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) tholoides R. B. Watson, 1882 accepted as Kryptos tholoides (R. B. Watson, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) tmeta R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Spirotropis tmeta (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) torresiana E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Inquisitor sterrhus (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) turtoni E. A. Smith, 1890 accepted as Glyphostoma turtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) ula R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Asperdaphne ula (R. B. Watson, 1881) (superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) unifasciata E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Pleurotoma enna Dall, 1918 accepted as Drillia enna (Dall, 1918) (unaccepted > junior homonym, non Pleurotoma unifasciata Deshayes, 1835)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) variabilis E. A. Smith, 1877 accepted as Funa variabilis (E. A. Smith, 1877) (original combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) ventricosa E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Inquisitor glauce (Dall, 1918) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Invalid; junior primary homonym of Pleurotoma ventricosa Lamarck, 1804; Pleurotoma glauce Dall, 1918 is a replacement name)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) verrillii Dall, 1881 accepted as Lissodrillia verrillii (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) watsoni E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Awateria watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1891) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) wilmeri E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Clavus wilmeri (E. A. Smith, 1879) (basionym)
- Species Pleurotoma (Drillia) layardi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 represented as Pleurotoma layardi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 accepted as Crassiclava layardi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Drillia J. E. Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. <em>Annals of Natural History.</em> (1) 1: 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380828
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma (Drillia) J. E. Gray, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578096 on 2026-06-04
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(of Drillia J. E. Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. <em>Annals of Natural History.</em> (1) 1: 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380828
page(s): 28 [details]
page(s): 28 [details]