Splendrillia daviesi

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

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.1 mm, its diameter 7.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the continental slope of South Transkei, South Africa

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 daviesi Kilburn, 1988.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.


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