Splendrillia globosa

Splendrillia globosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade 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]

Contents

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

References

  1. ^ a b Splendrillia globosa Wells, 1995.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434935 on 5 April 2010.