Splendrillia majorina

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Splendrillia majorina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. majorina
Binomial name
Splendrillia majorina
Beu, 1979

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

Contents

This extant species is also described as a fossil from the Pliocene off Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand

Description

The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island

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References

  1. Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia majorina. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599029 on 2016-12-07