Splendrillia intermaculata

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Splendrillia intermaculata
Splendrillia intermaculata 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia intermaculata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. intermaculata
Binomial name
Splendrillia intermaculata
(Smith E. A., 1879)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia intermaculata Smith E. A., 1879

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

Description[]

The shining, subpellucid, white shell shows four revolving series of brownish yellow dots between the ribs on the body whorl, and two on those of the spire. The ribs are slight and show no revolving striae.[2]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off South Korea and Japan.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Splendrillia intermaculata (Smith E. A., 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Smith, Edgar A. "11. On a Collection of Mollusca from Japan." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 47. No. 1. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1879.

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