Drillia alcyonea Melvill & Standen, 1901
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Drillia alcyonea Melvill & Standen, 1901
- Name authority
- Melvill & Standen, 1901
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Drilliidae
- Genus
- Drillia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassCaenogastropoda L. R. Cox, 1960
- orderNeogastropoda Wenz, 1938
- superfamilyConoidea J. Fleming, 1822
- familyDrilliidae Olsson, 1964
- genusDrillia J. E. Gray, 1838
- speciesDrillia alcyonea Melvill & Standen, 1901
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Drillia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Drillia acapulcana (H. N. Lowe, 1935) | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia aerope (Dall, 1919) | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia albomaculata (C. B. Adams, 1845) | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia altispira Sysoev, 1996 | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia annielonae Nolf & Verstraeten, 2007 | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia audax Melvill & Standen, 1903 | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia bruuni Knudsen, 1952 | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia cecchii Jousseaume, 1891 | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia diasi Barnard, 1958 | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia erepta Barnard, 1969 | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia gibberulus (Hervier, 1896) | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drillia havanensis (Dall, 1881) | DrilliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Melvill, J. C., & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901 (2): 327–460. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08181.x Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:37NMC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.