Splendrillia majorina
| Splendrillia majorina | |
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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. majorina
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia majorina Beu, 1979
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Splendrillia majorina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
This extant species is also described as a fossil from the Pliocene off Kaikōura Peninsula, New Zealand
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 11 mm.
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Distribution[]
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island
References[]
- ^ a b Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia majorina. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599029 on 2016-12-07
- Beu, A.G. 1979: Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1)
External links[]
Categories:
- Splendrillia
- Gastropods of New Zealand
- Gastropods described in 1979
- Drilliidae stubs