Splendrillia campbellensis
Appearance
Splendrillia campbellensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Splendrillia |
Species: | S. campbellensis
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Binomial name | |
Splendrillia campbellensis Sysoev & Kantor, 1989[1]
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Splendrillia campbellensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
The species was named after the Campell Plateau were the holotype was found.
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 14.6 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]S. campbellensis can be found in the waters surrounding the Antipodes Islands, New Zealand.[1] at a depth of about 1,000 m.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sysoev, A.V. & Kantor, Y.I. (1989). "Anatomy of molluscs of genus Splendrillia (Gastropoda: Toxoglossa: Turridae) with descriptions of two new bathyal species of the genus from New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 205–214.
- ^ a b Splendrillia campbellensis Sysoev & Kantor, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.