Splendrillia gratiosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia gratiosa | |
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| Oirignal image of a shell of Splendrillia gratiosa | |
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. gratiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia gratiosa (G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 17.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.
This is a smooth shell, pink, with longitudinal red flames. tTe spire is acutely elongate, but the apex is blunt and papillary. The shell contains 9 slightly convex whorls. The suture is impressed. The body whorl is very short and slightly inflated. The aperture is ovate. The columella is sinuate. The outer lip is sharp.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.
References
edit- Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
- Wells, F.E. 1990. Revision of the recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 73–117
- Wells F. (1991) A new species of Splendrillia, with comments on two other species of the genus (Gastropoda: Turridae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 63–67