Splendrillia persica

Splendrillia persica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Splendrillia
Species: S. persica
Binomial name
Splendrillia persica
(Smith E. A., 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia persica (E. A. Smith, 1888)
  • Drillia persica jacintha J.C. Melvill, 1917
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) persica Smith E. A., 1888 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the fusiform shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf.

References

  • Wells F.E. (1993) New records of Splendrillia (Gastropoda: Turridae) from northwestern Australia, with the description of a new species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 14: 113–117


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