Splendrillia albicans

Splendrillia albicans
Drawing of Splendrillia albicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species: S. albicans
Binomial name
Splendrillia albicans
(Hinds, 1843) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavatula albicans Hinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Defrancia albicans (Hinds, 1843)
  • Mangilia albicans (Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma albicans (Hinds, 1843)

Splendrillia albicans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

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Description

The shell is slightly longitudinally ribbed with the ribs nodose at the sutures, with revolving striae towards the base of the body whorl . The shell is whitish, more or less tinged with chestnut. The length of the shell is 6 mm. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Straits of Malacca at a depth of 30 m.

References

  1. ^ Hinds, R.B. (1843) On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843, 36–46.
  2. ^ a b Splendrillia albicans (Hinds, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434908 on 10 November 2011.
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 259; 1884 (described as Mangilia albicans)