Splendrillia elongata

Splendrillia elongata
Shell of Splendrillia elongataF. E. Wells, 1995 (homonym)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. elongata
Binomial name
Splendrillia elongata Wells, 1995

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

Homonymy

The extinct species Splendrillia elongataBeu, 1980, and the extant species Splendrillia elongataWells, 1995, are homonyms, but not synonyms. A replacement name will have to be established for the junior name.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

1. WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia elongata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434931 on 2016-11-27

• Wells, Fred E. "A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 167 (1995): 527–556.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Holotype at MNHN, paris