Splendrillia intermaculata

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

Splendrillia intermaculata
Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia intermaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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

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.

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References

  • 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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