Splendrillia coccinata

Splendrillia coccinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species: S. coccinata
Binomial name
Splendrillia coccinata
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Douglassia nodosa Nowell-Usticke, 1969
  • Pleurotoma coccinata Reeve, 1845

Splendrillia coccinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, the Lesser Antilles and off Puerto Rico.

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