Splendrillia espyra

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Splendrillia espyra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. espyra
Binomial name
Splendrillia espyra
(Woodring W.P., 1928)

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm. The shell contains one and a half to two and a half smooth whorls, with the nucleus of the whorls bulging slightly towards the anterior edge. The columella of the shell has fine spiral threads. The number of whorls and size of the whorls were noted to vary between each individual specimen.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Eastern Brazil.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia espyra. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533448 on 1 December 2016