Splendrillia kapuranga
Splendrillia kapuranga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia kapuranga | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. kapuranga |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia kapuranga Dell, 1953 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Rise, east of South Island at a depth of 550 m.
References
- Splendrillia kapuranga Dell, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Dell, R. K. "A molluscan fauna from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand." Records of the Dominion Museum 2.1 (1953): 37–50.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Splendrillia (Splendrillia) kapuranga". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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