Splendrillia jacula
Splendrillia jacula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Splendrillia jacula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Splendrillia |
Species: | S. jacula |
Binomial name | |
Splendrillia jacula Dell, 1956 | |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Otago Peninsula, South Island
References
- Splendrillia jacula Dell, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links
- "Splendrillia (Splendrillia) jacula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
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