Splendrillia hermata

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Splendrillia hermata
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. hermata
Binomial name
Splendrillia hermata
Dell, 1956

Splendrillia hermata is a

mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is

endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Otago to Chatham Rise
at a depth of 180 metres

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

External links

  • "Splendrillia (Splendrillia) hermata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.