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Splendrillia jacula

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Splendrillia jacula
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. jacula
Binomial name
Splendrillia jacula
Dell, 1956

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Otago Peninsula, South Island

References

  1. ^ a b Splendrillia jacula Dell, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland

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