Splendrillia chathamensis

Splendrillia chathamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Splendrillia
Species: S. chathamensis
Binomial name
Splendrillia chathamensis
Sysoev & Kantor, 1989[1]

Splendrillia chathamensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm, its diameter 4.3 mm.

Distribution

S. chathamensis can be found in the waters surrounding the Western Chatham Rise, New Zealand.[1] at a depth of 850 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Sysoev, A.V. & Kantor, Y.I. (1989). "Anatomy of molluscs of genus Splendrillia (Gastropoda: Toxoglossa: Turridae) with descriptions of two new bathyal species of the genus from New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 205-214.
  2. ↑ Splendrillia chathamensis Sysoev & Kantor, 1989.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.


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