Splendrillia roseacincta

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

Splendrillia roseacincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. roseacincta
Binomial name
Splendrillia roseacincta
Dell, 1956

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm, the diameter 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Islands.

References

  • Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • "Splendrillia (Splendrillia) roseacincta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.


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