Splendrillia persica

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

Splendrillia persica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. persica
Binomial name
Splendrillia persica
(Smith E. A., 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia persica (E. A. Smith, 1888)
  • Drillia persica jacintha J.C. Melvill, 1917
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) persica Smith E. A., 1888 (original combination)

Description

The length of the fusiform shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf.

References
  1. Splendrillia persica (Smith E. A., 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Wells F.E. (1993) New records of Splendrillia (Gastropoda: Turridae) from northwestern Australia, with the description of a new species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 14: 113–117
  • Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Splendrillia (Splendrillia) persica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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