Splendrillia interpunctata

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

Splendrillia interpunctata
Shell of Splendrillia interpunctata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. interpunctata
Binomial name
Splendrillia interpunctata
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Douglassia nodosa Nowell-Usticke, 1969
  • Drillia innocens Melvill, 1923
  • Pleurotoma (Clavus) interpunctata E. A. Smith, 1882 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma interpunctata E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 16.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Splendrillia interpunctata (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723792 on 2016-12-04
  • "Splendrillia interpunctata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.


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