Splendrillia alabastrum

Splendrillia alabastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species: S. alabastrum
Binomial name
Splendrillia alabastrum
Kilburn, 1988 [1]

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the demersal zone off Transkei, South Africa, at depths between 410 m and 430 m.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Splendrillia alabastrum Kilburn, 1988.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.

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