Splendrillia albicans

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Splendrillia albicans
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Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia albicans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. albicans
Binomial name
Splendrillia albicans
(Hinds, 1843) [1]
Synonyms [2]

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

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Description

The shell is slightly longitudinally ribbed with the ribs nodose at the sutures, with revolving striae towards the base of the body whorl . The shell is whitish, more or less tinged with chestnut. The length of the shell is 6 mm. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Straits of Malacca at a depth of 30 m.

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References

  1. ↑ Hinds, R.B. (1843) On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843, 36–46.
  2. 1 2 Splendrillia albicans (Hinds, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 10 November 2011.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 259; 1884 (described as Mangilia albicans)
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