Splendrillia stegeri
Appearance
Splendrillia stegeri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Splendrillia |
Species: | S. stegeri
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Binomial name | |
Splendrillia stegeri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Brachycythara stegeri Nowell-Usticke, 1959 (original combination) |
Splendrillia stegeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.5 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Splendrillia stegeri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872167 on 2016-12-10
- Nowell-Usticke, Gordon W. A Checklist of the Marine Shells of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Lane Press, 1959.
External links
- "Splendrillia stegeri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Fallon P.J. (2016). Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species. Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1–363