Splendrillia interpunctata

Splendrillia interpunctata
Shell of Splendrillia interpunctata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. interpunctata
Binomial name
Splendrillia interpunctata (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms [1]
Douglassia nodosaNowell-Usticke, 1969 Drillia innocensMelvill, 1923 Pleurotoma (Clavus) interpunctataE. A. Smith, 1882 (basionym) Pleurotoma interpunctataE. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 16.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Splendrillia interpunctata (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723792 on 2016-12-04

• Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
• Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species" . Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1. PMID   27394363.

External links

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