Splendrillia globosa

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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]

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. 1.0 1.1 Splendrillia globosa Wells, 1995.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

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