Splendrillia daviesi

Splendrillia daviesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Splendrillia daviesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. daviesi
Binomial name
Splendrillia daviesi
Kilburn, 1988 [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.1 mm, its diameter 7.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the continental slope of South Transkei, South Africa

References

  1. Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.
  2. Splendrillia daviesi Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.


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