Splendrillia hermata

Splendrillia hermata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. hermata
Binomial name
Splendrillia hermata Dell, 1956

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Otago to Chatham Rise at a depth of 180 metres

References

1. Splendrillia hermata Dell, 1956 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

• Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland

External links

• "Splendrillia (Splendrillia) hermata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.