Splendrillia sarda
| Splendrillia sarda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. sarda
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia sarda Kilburn, 1988
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Splendrillia sarda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The small, brownish-orange to yellowish, claviform shell has a length of 9.2 mm, its diameter 3.7 mm. The smooth protoconch is small (height about 0.8 mm) and consists of 1½ whorl, the teleoconch contains 5½ whorls.. The axial ribs are strong (with 9-11 ribs on the penultimate whorl). The body whorl has an inverted cone shape and its dorsum is not prominently humped and with a low and distinct varix. The short siphonal canal is relatively wide and twisted slightly to the right. The aperture is narrowly pear-shaped. The outer lip is somewhat flattened in the middle. The base of the columella is strongly curved to the left.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the upper continental slope of Transkei, South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Splendrillia sarda Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.