Splendrillia granatella

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Splendrillia granatella
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Original image of a shell of Splendrillia granatella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. granatella
Binomial name
Splendrillia granatella
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Synonyms [1]

Drillia granatellaMelvill & Standen, 1903

Splendrillia granatella 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 attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

It is a smooth, shining, fusiform shell of pomegranate-pink color. It contains 6 whorls, of which two in the protoconch. The sculpture consists of few ribs, numbering 7 close to the body whorl. The aperture is slightly ovate. The white-colored outer lip is thin..The sinus is wide. The siphonal canal is very short. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

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