Splendrillia gratiosa

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

Splendrillia gratiosa
Oirignal image of a shell of Splendrillia gratiosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. gratiosa
Binomial name
Splendrillia gratiosa
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antimelatoma gratiosa (Sowerby III, 1897)
  • Drillia gratiosa Sowerby III, 1896
  • Melatoma gratiosa (Sowerby III, 1897)

Description

The length of the shell attains 17.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

This is a smooth shell, pink, with longitudinal red flames. tTe spire is acutely elongate, but the apex is blunt and papillary. The shell contains 9 slightly convex whorls. The suture is impressed. The body whorl is very short and slightly inflated. The aperture is ovate. The columella is sinuate. The outer lip is sharp.[2]

Distribution

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

References
  1. Splendrillia gratiosa (Sowerby III, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1897. List of Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 2: 24–32
  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
  • Wells, F.E. 1990. Revision of the recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 73–117
  • Wells F. (1991) A new species of Splendrillia, with comments on two other species of the genus (Gastropoda: Turridae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 63–67
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