Splendrillia kingmai

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

Splendrillia kingmai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. kingmai
Binomial name
Splendrillia kingmai
Marwick, 1965

This species is also described as a fossil.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island

References

  1. Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia kingmai. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599028 on 2016-12-06
  • Marwick, John. Upper Cenozoic Mollusca of Wairoa District, HawkeĊ› Bay. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand Geological Survey, 1965.
  • Beu, A.G. 1979: Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1) (p. 99)


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