Splendrillia albicans

Splendrillia albicans
	Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia albicans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. albicans
Binomial name
	Splendrillia albicans; (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
	Clavatula albicans Hinds, 1843 (basionym); Defrancia albicans (Hinds, 1843); Mangilia albicans (Hinds, 1843); Pleurotoma albicans (Hinds, 1843);

Splendrillia albicans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[2]

Description

The shell is slightly longitudinally ribbed with the ribs nodose at the sutures, with revolving striae towards the base of the body whorl . The shell is whitish, more or less tinged with chestnut. The length of the shell is 6 mm.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Straits of Malacca at a depth of 30 m.

References

^ Hinds, R.B. (1843) On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843, 36–46.
^ ^a ^b Splendrillia albicans (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 259; 1884 (described as Mangilia albicans)

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

External links

Media related to Splendrillia albicans at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Hinds, R.B. (1843) On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843, 36–46.

[WoRMS-2] Splendrillia albicans (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.

[3] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 259; 1884 (described as Mangilia albicans)

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