Splendrillia powelli

Splendrillia powelli
Shell of Splendrillia powelli (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Splendrillia
Species: S. powelli
Binomial name
Splendrillia powelli
Wells, 1990

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

This species is a junior homonym of † Splendrillia powelli (L. C. King, 1934) -a replacement name will be published.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

  • Wells, Fred E. "Revision of the Recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia." Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 11.1 (1990): 73-117.


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