Splendrillia runcinata

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

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3.2 mm. ^[2] It is a non-broadcast spawner without a trocophore stage. ^{[3] [4]}

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Islands at 196-340 m. ^[5]

References

1. Splendrillia runcinata Dell, 1956 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
2. "NZ Mollusca - Splendrillia runcinata". mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
3. "Splendrilla Runcinata, Dell 1956". Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.sealifebase.org, version. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
4. "MolluscaBase - Splendrillia runcinata Dell, 1956". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
5. "MolluscaBase - Splendrillia runcinata Dell, 1956". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 25 December 2025.

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