Splendrillia larochei
| Splendrillia larochei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. larochei
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia larochei Powell, 1940
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Splendrillia larochei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
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Distribution[]
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Off Three Kings Islands, off Awanui Heads and off Rangaunu Bay
References[]
- ^ a b Splendrillia larochei Powell, 1940. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1940: The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links[]
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Categories:
- Splendrillia
- Gastropods of New Zealand
- Gastropods described in 1940
- Drilliidae stubs