Splendrillia intermaculata

Splendrillia intermaculata
	Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia intermaculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. intermaculata
Binomial name
	Splendrillia intermaculata; (Smith E. A., 1879)
Synonyms
	Drillia intermaculata Smith E. A., 1879

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

Description

The shining, subpellucid, white shell shows four revolving series of brownish yellow dots between the ribs on the body whorl, and two on those of the spire. The ribs are slight and show no revolving striae.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Korea and Japan.

References

^ ^a ^b Splendrillia intermaculata (Smith E. A., 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Smith, Edgar A. "11. On a Collection of Mollusca from Japan." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 47. No. 1. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1879.

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

[WoRMS-1] Splendrillia intermaculata (Smith E. A., 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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