Biology:Splendrillia globosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Splendrillia globosa
Splendrillia globosa (MNHN-IM-2000-2969).jpeg
Shell of Splendrillia globosa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. globosa
Binomial name
Splendrillia globosa
Wells, 1995

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

Description

The shell is dirty white to dark brownish, often without indistinct brown colour bands. The shell has 9-10 whorls. The aperture is moderately large. The apertural margin is white and slightly reflective. The umbilicus is wide and mostly covered by the reflective columellar margin.[1]

The width of the shell is 30–90 mm. The height of the shell is 30–55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia globosa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434935 on 2016-11-27
  • Wells, Fred E. "A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 167 (1995): 527–556.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7578486 entry