Splendrillia elongata

Splendrillia elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Splendrillia
Species: S. elongata
Binomial name
Splendrillia elongata
Wells, 1995

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

Homonymy

The extinct species Splendrillia elongata Beu, 1980, and the extant species Splendrillia elongata Wells, 1995, are homonyms, but not synonyms. A replacement name will have to be established for the junior name

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia elongata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434931 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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