Splendrillia gratiosa

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Splendrillia gratiosa
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Oirignal image of a shell of Splendrillia gratiosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. gratiosa
Binomial name
Splendrillia gratiosa
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Synonyms [1]
  • Antimelatoma gratiosa(Sowerby III, 1897)
  • Drillia gratiosaSowerby III, 1896
  • Melatoma gratiosa(Sowerby III, 1897)

Splendrillia gratiosa 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 17.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

This is a smooth shell, pink, with longitudinal red flames. tTe spire is acutely elongate, but the apex is blunt and papillary. The shell contains 9 slightly convex whorls. The suture is impressed. The body whorl is very short and slightly inflated. The aperture is ovate. The columella is sinuate. The outer lip is sharp. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.

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