Elaeocyma splendidula

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Elaeocyma splendidula
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Drawing of a shell of Elaeocyma splendidula
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Domain: Eukaryota
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) splendidulaH. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Drillia (Drillia) splendidulaTryon, 1884
  • Pleurotoma splendidulaSowerby I, 1834 (basionym)

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

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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. 1 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
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