Splendrillia granatella | |
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Original image of a shell of Splendrillia granatella | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Splendrillia |
Species: | S. granatella |
Binomial name | |
Splendrillia granatella (Melvill & Standen, 1903) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Drillia granatella Melvill & Standen, 1903 |
Splendrillia granatella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
It is a smooth, shining, fusiform shell of pomegranate-pink color. It contains 6 whorls, of which two in the protoconch. The sculpture consists of few ribs, numbering 7 close to the body whorl. The aperture is slightly ovate. The white-colored outer lip is thin..The sinus is wide. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
References
- 1 2 Splendrillia granatella (Melvill & Standen, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ↑ Melvill & Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)
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