Scabricola splendidula

Scabricola splendidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Scabricola splendidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Mitridae
Genus:
Scabricola
Species:
S. splendidula
Binomial name
Scabricola splendidula
Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003[1]

Description

Small shells, about 15 mm. Teleoconch with 6 or 7 whorls. Reddish-brown.[3]

Distribution

Philippine Islands and the Solomon Islands, 20-183 m.[3]

References
  1. Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut. 2003. Novapex, 4 (1) : 1-9. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 04/24/10.
  2. Scabricola splendidula Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.
  3. malacologie., Société belge de (2003). "Novapex :". v.4 (2003) and Hors Serie 1-2. ISSN 1375-7474. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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