Splendrillia eburnea

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Splendrillia eburnea
Splendrillia eburnea 001.jpg
Original image of a shell of Splendrillia eburnea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. eburnea
Binomial name
Splendrillia eburnea
(Hedley, 1922)
Synonyms[1]

Melatoma eburnea Hedley, 1922

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) The solid, glossy, ivory-yellow shell has a cylindro-fusiform shape. The shell contains 7 whorls, including a two-whorled dome-shaped protoconch. The suture is impressed. There are no spirals. The ribs are set about fourteen to a whorl. They start up suddenly, immediately below the contracted fasciole area. They are prominent, perpendicular, wide-spaced, discontinuous, decreasing anteriorly, become obsolete on the body whorl, and vanish below the periphery. The aperture is wide. There is no varix. The outer lip is simple. The sinus is deep, U-shaped, right insertion incrassate. The throat is smooth. The inner lip is overlaid with a thick polished callus. The siphonal canal is short and open.[2]

Distribution[]

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Victoria.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Splendrillia eburnea (Hedley, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
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