Splendrillia eva
Splendrillia eva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia eva | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. eva |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia eva (Thiele, 1925) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- Splendrillia eva (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Thiele J., 1925. Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gustav Fischer, Berlin
- 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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