Splendrillia stegeri
Splendrillia stegeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia stegeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. stegeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia stegeri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Brachycythara stegeri Nowell-Usticke, 1959 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
References
- Bouchet, P. (2016). Splendrillia stegeri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872167 on 2016-12-10
- Nowell-Usticke, Gordon W. A Checklist of the Marine Shells of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Lane Press, 1959.
External links
- "Splendrillia stegeri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Fallon P.J. (2016). Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species. Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1–363
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