Splendrillia skambos

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Splendrillia skambos
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. skambos
Binomial name
Splendrillia skambos
Kilburn, 1988

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

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Description

The small, orange to yellowish, claviform shell has a length of 8.8 mm, its diameter 3.6 mm. The smooth protoconch is small (height about 0.8 mm) and consists of 1⅔ whorls, the teleoconch contains 5½ whorls. The axial ribs are strong (with 10-14 ribs on the penultimate whorl). The body whorl has not an inverted cone shape and its dorsum is not prominently humped and is without a distinct varix. The rostrum is not thick. The short siphonal canal is relatively wide and twisted slightly to the right. The aperture is narrowly pear-shaped. The outer lip is not flattened in the middle. The columella is convex and its base is curved to the left. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the upper continental slope of Transkei, South Africa.

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References

  1. Splendrillia skambos Kilburn, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  2. Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.