Splendrillia debilis

Splendrillia debilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Splendrillia
Species: S. debilis
Binomial name
Splendrillia debilis
Finlay H. J., 1927
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia laevis parva H.H. Suter, 1908
  • Splendrillia laevis parva (H.H. Suter, 1908)

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

The species is distinguished from Splendrillia aoteana by its much smaller size, the broader shoulder, and the slender, short, oblique costae, sometimes reduced to pointed tubercles on the body whorl, their number being 12 to 14 on the body whorl.[2]

The proboscis is of moderate size compared to the rhynchodeum (a tubular chamber anterior to the proboscis) [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island, New Zealand

References

  1. 1 2 Splendrillia debilis Finlay H. J., 1927.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Suter H. (1913-1915), Manual of New Zealand Mollusca; Wellington, N. Z. :J. Mackay, govt. printer,1913-1915 (described as Drillia laevis parva)
  3. ↑ W.F. Ponder, Evolution of the Neogastropoda, Malacologia, v. 12 1973 p. 305
  • Suter, P. Mal. S., viii, 1908, 185
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1942: The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics, Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin, 2
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland

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