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Splendrillia globosa

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Splendrillia globosa
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. globosa
Binomial name
Splendrillia globosa
Wells, 1995

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

Description

The shell is dirty white to dark brownish, often without indistinct brown colour bands. The shell has 9-10 whorls. The aperture is moderately large. The apertural margin is white and slightly reflective. The umbilicus is wide and mostly covered by the reflective columellar margin.[1]

The width of the shell is 30–90 mm. The height of the shell is 30–55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ a b c WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia globosa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434935 on 2016-11-27
  • Wells, Fred E. "A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 167 (1995): 527-556.


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