Splendrillia whangaimoana

Extinct species of gastropod

Splendrillia whangaimoana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. whangaimoana
Binomial name
Splendrillia whangaimoana
Vella, 1954

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.3 mm, its diameter 6.1 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand

References

  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Splendrillia whangaimoana. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831404 on 2016-11-22
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

  • Vella, Paul. "Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa." Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Vol. 81. No. 4. 1954.
Taxon identifiers
Splendrillia whangaimoana


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