Splendrillia bednalli

Splendrillia bednalli
	Original image of a shell of Splendrillia bednalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. bednalli
Binomial name
	Splendrillia bednalli; (G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
	Drillia bednalli Sowerby III, 1896; Melatoma bednalli (Sowerby III, 1897);

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

Description

(Original description) The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5 mm. The white shell has an elongate-turreted shape with an acuminate spire. The shell contains 9½ convex, obtusely angulated whorls. A very characteristic species, marked with brown transverse lines, about six on the body whorl. The specimens vary somewhat. The holotype is pretty distinctly longitudinally ribbed, and the ribs are raised to form a crown at the angle. In other individuals the ribs are obsolete, only the nodules at the angle remaining. The oblong aperture has a moderate width. The columella is slightly contorted.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia

References

Wells, F.E. 1990. Revision of the recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 73–117

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Splendrillia bednalli (Sowerby III, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1897. List of Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 2: 24–32