Splendrillia eva

Splendrillia eva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Splendrillia
Species: S. eva
Binomial name
Splendrillia eva
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia eva Thiele, 1925
  • Drillia (Cymatosyrinx) eva Thiele, 1925
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) eva (Thiele, 1925)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.4 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the upper continental slope of Transkei, South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Splendrillia eva (Thiele, 1925).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Thiele, J. (1925) Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II. Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia” 1898–1899, 17, 1(35)–348(382), pls. 1(13)–34(46)
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.


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