Splendrillia wayae

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

Splendrillia wayae
Shell of Splendrillia wayae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. wayae
Binomial name
Splendrillia wayae
Wells, 1995

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia wayae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434979 on 2016-11-27
  • Wells, Fred E. "A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 167 (1995): 527–556.


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