Splendrillia eburnea
Splendrillia eburnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia eburnea | |
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| Original image of a shell of Splendrillia eburnea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. eburnea |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia eburnea (Hedley, 1922) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Melatoma eburnea Hedley, 1922 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description) The solid, glossy, ivory-yellow shell has a cylindro-fusiform shape. The shell contains 7 whorls, including a two-whorled dome-shaped protoconch. The suture is impressed. There are no spirals. The ribs are set about fourteen to a whorl. They start up suddenly, immediately below the contracted fasciole area. They are prominent, perpendicular, wide-spaced, discontinuous, decreasing anteriorly, become obsolete on the body whorl, and vanish below the periphery. The aperture is wide. There is no varix. The outer lip is simple. The sinus is deep, U-shaped, right insertion incrassate. The throat is smooth. The inner lip is overlaid with a thick polished callus. The siphonal canal is short and open.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Victoria.