Splendrillia jacula

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

Splendrillia jacula
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

  • 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
  • "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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