Splendrillia carolae
Shell of Splendrillia carolae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. carolae
Binomial name
Splendrillia carolae
Wells, 1995

Splendrillia carolae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.6 mm. the base of the shell is an off-white that gradually gets tannish brown as the shell goes up. Splendrillia Carolae's shell is in a spiral shape.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the southern tip of New Caledonia.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia carolae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434922 on 2016-11-27
  • Wells, Fred E. "A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 167 (1995): 527–556.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.