Splendrillia otagoensis

Splendrillia otagoensis
Splendrillia otagoensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. otagoensis
Binomial name
Splendrillia otagoensis Powell, 1942
Synonyms [1]
Austrodrillia nenia(Hedley, 1903) Drillia neniaHedley, 1903

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Bay of Plenty, off Oamaru, Otago and Stewart Island.

References

1. Splendrillia otagoensis Powell, 1942 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

• Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland

External links

• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone