Splendrillia falsa

Splendrillia falsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. falsa
Binomial name
*Splendrillia falsa* (Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms^[1]
Drillia falsa Barnard, 1958

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 3.75 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off False Bay, South Africa

References

1 2 Splendrillia falsa (Barnard, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 p. 73 - 163

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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