Splendrillia otagoensis
Splendrillia otagoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia otagoensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. otagoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia otagoensis Powell, 1942 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Bay of Plenty, off Oamaru, Otago and Stewart Island.
References
- Splendrillia otagoensis Powell, 1942. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
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