Splendrillia academica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia academica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. academica
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia academica McLean & Poorman, 1971
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 13.7 mm, its diameter 5.3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, at a depth of 60 m.
References
edit- ^ a b Splendrillia academica McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- McLean J.H. & Poorman R (1971). "New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae". The Veliger. 14: 89–113.
External links
edit- "Splendrillia academica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.