Splendrillia intermaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Splendrillia intermaculata | |
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Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia intermaculata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Splendrillia |
Species: | S. intermaculata
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Binomial name | |
Splendrillia intermaculata (Smith E. A., 1879)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Drillia intermaculata Smith E. A., 1879 |
Description
editThe shining, subpellucid, white shell shows four revolving series of brownish yellow dots between the ribs on the body whorl, and two on those of the spire. The ribs are slight and show no revolving striae.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off South Korea and Japan.
References
edit- Smith, Edgar A. "11. On a Collection of Mollusca from Japan." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 47. No. 1. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1879.