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Splendrillia kapuranga

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Splendrillia kapuranga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ a b Splendrillia kapuranga Dell, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • 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
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  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Splendrillia (Splendrillia) kapuranga". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.