Biology:Splendrillia kapuranga

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Splendrillia kapuranga
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. kapuranga
Binomial name
Splendrillia kapuranga
Dell, 1953

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Rise, east of South Island at a depth of 550 m.

References

  • Dell, R. K. "A molluscan fauna from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand." Records of the Dominion Museum 2.1 (1953): 37–50.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7578501 entry