Splendrillia majorina

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Splendrillia majorina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. majorina
Binomial name
Splendrillia majorina
Beu, 1979

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

This extant species is also described as a fossil from the Pliocene off Kaikōura Peninsula, New Zealand

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 11 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia majorina. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599029 on 2016-12-07
  • Beu, A.G. 1979: Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1)

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