Splendrillia majorina

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

Splendrillia majorina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. majorina
Binomial name
Splendrillia majorina
Beu, 1979

This extant species is also described as a fossil from the Pliocene off Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand

Description

The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island

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References

  1. 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)


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