Splendrillia larochei

Splendrillia larochei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. larochei
Binomial name
Splendrillia larochei
Powell, 1940

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.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Off Three Kings Islands, off Awanui Heads and off Rangaunu Bay

References

  1. ^ 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


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