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]

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. 2.0 2.1 Splendrillia albicans (Hinds, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 259; 1884 (described as Mangilia albicans)

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