Splendrillia nenia

Splendrillia nenia
Original image of a shell of Splendrillia nenia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. nenia
Binomial name
Splendrillia nenia (Hedley, 1903)
Synonyms [1]
Austrodrillia nenia(Hedley, 1903) Drillia neniaHedley, 1903

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

(Original description) The small, narrow, glossy shell is angled at the shoulder. It contains 5 whorls plus a smooth, tilted, globose, two-whorled protoconch. Its colour is pure white. Its sculpture shows curved, stout shouldered ribs, twelve on the body whorl. These mount the spire obliquely, become obsolete anteriorly, and terminate abruptly at each anal fasciole. The whole shell is covered by fine, close, microscopic growth striae. The base of the shell is contracted. The siphonal canal is short. The aperture is narrow. The anal notch is deep, with a raised, subtubular margin. The columella is slightly arched, overlaid by a thick callus sheet. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia

References

1. Splendrillia nenia (Hedley, 1903) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
2. Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898, pt. 6. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(1): 326–402

• Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(6): 325–402, pls 36-37
• May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp.
• Wells, F.E. 1990. Revision of the recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 73–117
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295