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Splendrillia kingmai

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Splendrillia kingmai
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. kingmai
Binomial name
Splendrillia kingmai
Marwick, 1965

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

This species is also described as a fossil.

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island

References

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  1. ^ a b Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia kingmai. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599028 on 2016-12-06
  • Marwick, John. Upper Cenozoic Mollusca of Wairoa District, Hawkeś Bay. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand Geological Survey, 1965.
  • Beu, A.G. 1979: Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1) (p. 99)
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