Scabricola splendidula

Scabricola splendidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Species: S. splendidula
Binomial name
Scabricola splendidula
Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003[1]

Scabricola splendidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Description

Small shells, about 15 mm. Teleoconch with 6 or 7 whorls. Reddish-brown.[3]

Distribution

Philippine Islands and the Solomon Islands, 20-183 m.[3]

References

  1. Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut. 2003. Novapex, 4 (1) : 1-9. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 04/24/10.
  2. Scabricola splendidula Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.
  3. 1 2 malacologie., Société belge de (2003). "Novapex :". v.4 (2003) and Hors Serie 1-2. ISSN 1375-7474.


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