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

Splendrillia wayae
Shell of Splendrillia wayae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. wayae
Binomial name
Splendrillia wayae
Wells, 1995

Description

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The length of the shell is 5.2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia wayae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434979 on 2016-11-27
  • Wells, Fred E. "A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 167 (1995): 527–556.
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