Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Lusitanops dictyota		Western Central Pacific		1997
Lusitanops expansa		Northern Atlantic.		1878
Lusitanops hyaloides		Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1925
Lusitanops lusitanica		Atlantic Ocean.		1906
Lusitanops macrapex		Northeast Atlantic		1980
Lusitanops sigmoidea		Atlantic Ocean.		1980
Lusitanops sigmoideus		Atlantic Ocean.		1980
Maesiella dominguezi		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	1983
Maesiella hermanita		Eastern Pacific.		1932
Maesiella maesae		Eastern Pacific.		1971
Maesiella punctatostriata		Eastern Pacific.		1856
Makiyamaia coreanica		Indo-Pacific.		1850
Makiyamaia cornulabrum		Northwest Pacific		1961
Makiyamaia mammillata		Northwest Pacific		1961
Makiyamaia sibogae		Indo-Pacific.		1970
Mangiliella angelinae		Mediterranean		1995
Mangiliella atlantica		Eastern Central Atlantic		1920
Mangiliella coerulans		Northeast Atlantic		1844
Mangiliella difficilis		Mediterranean		1900
Mangiliella indistincta		Northeast Atlantic		1875
Mangiliella varicosa		Mediterranean.		1972
Maoridaphne supracancellata		Western Central Pacific		1913
Maorimorpha secunda		Southwest Pacific		1942
Maorimorpha sulcata		Southeast Atlantic		1892
Maorimorpha suteri		Southwest Pacific		1905
Maoritomella batjanensis		Indo-Pacific.		1913
Maoritomella clupeispina		Southeast Atlantic		1986
Maoritomella densecostulata		Southeast Atlantic		1986
Maoritomella dilecta		Southwest Pacific		1903
Maoritomella eva		Southeast Atlantic		1925
Maoritomella foliacea		Southwest Pacific		1954
Maoritomella granilirata		Southeast Atlantic		1986
Maoritomella leptopleura		Western Indian Ocean		1986
Maoritomella megalacme		South Africa.		1986
Maoritomella pleonastica		Southeast Atlantic		1958
Maoritomella subtilinea		Southwest Pacific		1922
Maoritomella tarrhion		Southeast Atlantic		1986
Marita bella		Australia.		1864
Marita elongata		Southwest Pacific		1954
Marita schoutenensis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1911
Marita tumida		Southwest Pacific		1954
Marshallena diomedea		Western Central Pacific		1969
Marshallena nierstraszi		Indo-Pacific.		1913
Marshallena philippinarum		Indo-Pacific.		1882
Mauidrillia felina		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Megasurcula carpenteriana	Tower snail	Eastern Central Pacific		1865
Megasurcula stearnsiana	Stearns turrid	Eastern Central Pacific		1904
Megasurcula tremperiana		Eastern Pacific.		1911
Meggittia maungmagana		Eastern Indian Ocean		1977
Microdaphne morrisoni		Pacific Ocean.		1980
Microdaphne trichodes		Indo-Pacific		1919
Microdrillia circumvertens		Indian Ocean.		1901
Microdrillia commentica		Western Central Pacific		1915
Microdrillia crispata		Mediterranean and Atlanti	0.5 TL	1832
Microdrillia difficilis		Northwest Pacific		1879
Microdrillia dinos		Western Indian Ocean		1986
Microdrillia fastosa		Southwest Pacific		1907
Microdrillia niponica		Northwest Pacific		1879
Microdrillia optima		Western Indian Ocean		1925
Microdrillia patricia		Western Indian Ocean		1904
Microdrillia sagamiensis		Northwest Pacific		1971
Microdrillia sansibarica		Western Indian Ocean		1925
Microdrillia stephenensis		Western Central Pacific		1954
Microdrillia stephensensis		Southwest Pacific		1954
Microdrillia trina		Western Atlantic.		1925
Microdrillia triporcata		Pacific Ocean.		1879
Microdrillia zeuxippe		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Microgenia edwini		Southwest Pacific		1894
Micropleurotoma melvilli		Atlantic Ocean.		1906
Micropleurotoma remota		Antarctic Atlantic and An		1958
Micropleurotoma spirotropoides		Southeast Atlantic and th		1925
Micropleurotoma travailleuri		Northeast Atlantic		1980
Mioawateria asarotum		Indonesia.		1997
Mioawateria bigranulosa		Northwest Pacific		1964
Mioawateria extensaeformis		Indo-Pacific.		1913
Mioawateria malmii		Atlantic Ocean.	0.5 DL	1889
Miraclathurella bicanalifera		Eastern Pacific.		1834
Miraclathurella clendenini		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	2008
Miraclathurella herminea		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	1934
Miraclathurella kleinrosa		Western Central Atlantic		1969
Miraclathurella mendozana		Eastern Pacific.		1971
Mitrithara axiscalpta		Australia.		1909
Mitrithara benthicola		Southwest Pacific		1962
Mitrithara regis		Southwest Pacific		1937
Mitrolumna commutabilis		Eastern Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1890
Mitrolumna haycocki		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1911
Mitrolumna multigranosa		Eastern Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1890
Mitrolumna pleurotomoides		Eastern Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1890
Mitrolumna popeae		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2006
Mitrolumna undulata		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1927
Mitrolumna usta		Eastern Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1890
Monilispira bandata		Western Central Atlantic		1969
Monilispira circumcincta		Western Central Atlantic		1969
Nannodiella candidula		Western Atlantic.		1846
Nannodiella elatior		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1847
Naskia axiplicata		Southeast Pacific.		1985
Naudedrillia angulata		South Africa.	0.6 DL	1988
Naudedrillia cerea		South Africa.		1988
Naudedrillia filosa		Southeast Atlantic		1988
Naudedrillia mitromorpha		Southeast Atlantic		1988
Naudedrillia nealyoungi		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Naudedrillia perardua		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Naudedrillia praetermissa		Southeast Atlantic		1904
Neodrillia cydia	Glorious drillia	Western Atlantic.		1943
Neoguraleus amoena		Southwest Pacific		1884
Neoguraleus benthicola		Southwest Pacific		1942
Neoguraleus finlayi		Southwest Pacific		1942
Neoguraleus huttoni		Southwest Pacific		1915
Neoguraleus interruptus		Southwest Pacific		1942
Neoguraleus lyallensis		Southwest Pacific		1905
Neoguraleus manukauensis		Southwest Pacific		1942
Neoguraleus oruaensis		Southwest Pacific		1942
Neoguraleus sandersonae		Southwest Pacific		1928
Neoguraleus sinclairii		Southwest Pacific		1884
Neopleurotomoides callembryon		Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL	1896
Neopleurotomoides distincta		Northeast Atlantic		1980
Neopleurotomoides rufoapicata		Western Central Pacific		1913
Nihonia australis		Indo-Pacific.		1791
Nihonia circumstricta		Western Indian Ocean		1901
Nihonia maxima		Western Central Pacific		1997
Notocytharella phaethusa		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Notocytharella striosa		Eastern Pacific.		1852
Nquma rousi		Southeast Atlantic		1886
Nquma scalpta		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Obesotoma gigantea		Northeast Atlantic		1869
Obesotoma gigas		Northern Atlantic.		1875
Obesotoma hokkaidoensis		Northwest Pacific		1941
Obesotoma iessoensis		Northwest Pacific		1875
Obesotoma laevigata		Atlantic Ocean and Easter	0.8 DL	1871
Obesotoma okutanii		Northwest Pacific		1992
Obesotoma oyashio		Northwest Pacific		1962
Obesotoma pulcherrima		Northern Pacific.		1992
Obesotoma sachalinensis		Northwest Pacific		1989
Obesotoma solida		Northern Pacific.		1887
Obesotoma starobogatovi		Northern Pacific.		1990
Obesotoma tumida		North Atlantic	1.1 DL	1898
Obesotoma uchidai		Northwest Pacific		1958
Odostomia solidula		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1850
Oenopotella ultraabyssalis		Northern Pacific.		1988
Ophiodermella akkeshiensis		Northwest Pacific		1958
Ophiodermella grippi		Eastern Central Pacific		1919
Orrmaesia dorsicosta		Southeast Atlantic		1988
Orrmaesia longiqua		Western Indian Ocean	0.3 SHH	2021
Orrmaesia microperforata		Western Indian Ocean	0.6 SHH	2021
Orrmaesia nucella		Southeast Atlantic		1988
Pachybathron cypraeoides		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1845
Pagodidaphne colmani		Western Central Pacific		1983
Pagodidaphne schepmani		Western Indian Ocean		1925
Papillocithara hebes		Southeast Atlantic		1992
Papillocithara semiplicata		Western Indian Ocean		1992
Paraborsonia lindae		Western Central Atlantic	1.6 DL	1987
Paraclathurella aditicola		Australia.		1922
Paraclathurella clothonis		Western Central Pacific		1922
Paraclathurella densegranosa		Western Africa.		1925
Paraclathurella gracilenta		Indo-Pacific.		1843
Paraclathurella padangensis		Indonesia.		1925
Paraclathurella thecla		Indonesia.		1925
Paracomitas augusta		Southwest Pacific		1906
Paracomitas gypsata		Southwest Pacific		1881
Paracuneus immaculata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1876
Paracuneus kemblensis		Southwest Pacific		1954
Paracuneus spadix		Southwest Pacific		1886
Paradrillia agalma		Indo-Pacific.		1906
Paradrillia alluaudi		Western Indian Ocean		1932
Paradrillia consimilis		Indo-Pacific.		1879
Paradrillia darnleyensis		West Central Pacific		1983
Paradrillia felix		Northwest Pacific		1971
Paradrillia gemmata		Western Central Pacific		1983
Paradrillia inconstans		Indo-Pacific.		1875
Paradrillia lithoria		Western Indian Ocean		1903
Paradrillia melvilli		Indo-Pacific.		1969
Paradrillia patruelis	Tubercled turris	Indo-Pacific.		1875
Paradrillia sagamiana		Northwest Pacific		1964
Paraguraleus emina		Southwest Pacific		1905
Paraguraleus lucidus		Southwest Pacific		1954
Paramontana exilis		Eastern Central Pacific		1860
Paramontana fusca		Southwest Pacific		1954
Paramontana mayana		Eastern Indian Ocean		1922
Paramontana modesta		Southwest Pacific		1877
Paramontana oligoina		Central Pacific.		1922
Paramontana punicea		Western Central Pacific		1922
Paramontana rufozonata		Southwest Pacific		1877
Paraspirotropis simplicissima		Northwest Pacific		1907
Perimangelia interfossa		Northern Pacific.		1864
Perimangelia nitens		Eastern Central Pacific		1864
Perrona aculeiformis		Western Africa.		1816
Perrona jessica		Western Africa.		1923
Perrona lineata		Western Africa.		1816
Perrona obesa		Western Africa.		1843
Perrona perron		Western Africa.		1791
Perrona spirata		Western Africa.		1816
Phenatoma novaezelandiae		Southwest Pacific		1843
Phenatoma rosea	Pink tower shell	Southwest Pacific		1833
Phenatoma zealandica		Southwest Pacific		1877
Philbertia alba		Indian Ocean.		1863
Philbertia alfredensis		South Africa.		1932
Philbertia barnardi		Australia.		1876
Philbertia cala		Southeast Atlantic.		1886
Philbertia centrosa		Northwest Pacific		1904
Philbertia doris		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Philbertia japonica		Northwest Pacific		1895
Philbertia perinsignis		Northwest Pacific		1884
Philbertia perparva		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1881
Philbertia purpurea		Western Atlantic.
Philbertia queenslandica		Western Central Pacific		1983
Philbertia rubroapicata		Western Central Pacific		1882
Philbertia shaskyi		Eastern Pacific.		1971
Philbertia tincta		Indo-Pacific.		1846
Philbertia tokyoensis		Northwest Pacific		1895
Phymorhynchus alberti		Eastern Atlantic.		1906
Phymorhynchus buccinoides		Northwest Pacific		1993
Phymorhynchus carinatus		Atlantic Ocean.		2001
Phymorhynchus castanea		Eastern Pacific.		1896
Phymorhynchus chevreuxi		Atlantic Ocean.		1897
Phymorhynchus cingulatus		Eastern Pacific.		1890
Phymorhynchus clarinda		Eastern Pacific.		1908
Phymorhynchus hyfifluxi		Indo-Pacific.		1996
Phymorhynchus major		Pacific Ocean.		2001
Phymorhynchus moskalevi		Atlantic Ocean.	3.9 DL	1995
Phymorhynchus oculatus		Western Central Pacific		2017
Phymorhynchus ovata		Atlantic Ocean.		2001
Phymorhynchus ovatus		Northeast Atlantic.		2001
Phymorhynchus speciosus		Eastern Pacific.		1971
Phymorhynchus starmeri		Western Central Pacific		1993
Phymorhynchus sulcifer		Atlantic Ocean.	3 DL	1893
Phymorhynchus sulcifera		Northwest Atlantic		1893
Phymorhynchus turris		Northwest Pacific		2003
Phymorhynchus wareni		Pacific Ocean.		1995
Pilsbryspira albiguttata		Northwest Pacific		1904
Pilsbryspira albinodata		Eastern Pacific.		1846
Pilsbryspira albocincta		Western Central Atlantic	1.4 DL	1845
Pilsbryspira albomaculata	White-band drillia	Western Atlantic.		1842
Pilsbryspira amathea		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Pilsbryspira arsinoe		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Pilsbryspira aterrima		Eastern Pacific.		1834
Pilsbryspira atramentosa		Eastern Pacific.		1882
Pilsbryspira auberti		Eastern Pacific.		1934
Pilsbryspira aureonodosa		Eastern Pacific.		1932
Pilsbryspira bacchia		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Pilsbryspira cinerea		Western Atlantic.	2 DL	1876
Pilsbryspira collaris		Eastern Pacific.		1834
Pilsbryspira elozantha		Western Atlantic.		1861
Pilsbryspira flucki		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1913
Pilsbryspira garciacubasi		Eastern Pacific.		1971
Pilsbryspira jayana		Western Central Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1850
Pilsbryspira kandai		Northwest Pacific		1950
Pilsbryspira leucocyma	White-knob drillia	Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	1884
Pilsbryspira loxospira		Eastern Pacific.		1932
Pilsbryspira melchersi		Eastern Pacific.		1852
Pilsbryspira monilis		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1939

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