Splendrillia globosa
Splendrillia globosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia globosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. globosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia globosa Wells, 1995 | |
Description
The shell is dirty white to dark brownish, often without indistinct brown colour bands. The shell has 9-10 whorls. The aperture is moderately large. The apertural margin is white and slightly reflective. The umbilicus is wide and mostly covered by the reflective columellar margin.[1]
The width of the shell is 30–90 mm. The height of the shell is 30–55 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
- WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia globosa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434935 on 2016-11-27
- Wells, Fred E. "A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 167 (1995): 527–556.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- Holotype at MNHN, Paris
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