Elaeocyma splendidula

Elaeocyma splendidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Elaeocyma splendidula
Drawing of a shell of Elaeocyma splendidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Elaeocyma
Species:
E. splendidula
Binomial name
Elaeocyma splendidula
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia (Crassispira) splendidula H. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Drillia (Drillia) splendidula Tryon, 1884
  • Pleurotoma splendidula Sowerby I, 1834 (basionym)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 28 mm. The whorls are smooth. The shell is longitudinally ribbed below the tuberculate periphery. The tubercles and ribs are slight, the latter curved, and white upon a brownish rose-colored surface.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands.

References

  1. Sowerby, G.B., I. (1834) Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833, 134–139.
  2. Elaeocyma splendidula (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2011.
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 200; 1884
  • "Elaeocyma splendidula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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