Splendrillia zeobliqua

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

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

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 8.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island. Pegasus Canyon, North Canterbury

References

1. Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia zeobliqua. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599030 on 2016-12-07

• Beu, A.G. 1979: Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1)

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