Biology:Splendrillia armata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Splendrillia armata | |
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| Marine snail, Splendrillia armata Powell, 1942, collected 11 February 1954, Chatham Rise, New Zealand. Te Papa (M.009789) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. armata
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia armata Powell, 1942
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Splendrillia armata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] This species was first described by Baden Powell (malacologist) in 1942 as a fossil from middle Pliocene sediments near Hurunui River.[2]
Description
The height of the shell of the holotype is 14.75 mm; its diameter 6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island.
References
- ↑ Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia armata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599027 on 26 November 2016
- ↑ Powell, A. W. B. (1942). "The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae, with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics" (in en). Bulletin of the Auckland Institue and Museum 3: 103. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/278251.
- 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.
- Beu, A.G. 1979: Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1)
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
- 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
External links
- "Splendrillia armata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_32512.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q14376248 entry
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