Splendrillia espyra
| Splendrillia espyra | |
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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. espyra
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia espyra (Woodring W.P., 1928)
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Splendrillia espyra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm. The shell contains one and a half to two and a half smooth whorls, with the nucleus of the whorls bulging slightly towards the anterior edge. The columella of the shell has fine spiral threads. The number of whorls and size of the whorls were noted to vary between each individual specimen.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Eastern Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia espyra. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533448 on 1 December 2016
External links
[edit]- "Splendrillia espyra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.