Splendrillia campbellensis

Splendrillia campbellensis
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. campbellensis
Binomial name
Splendrillia campbellensis
Sysoev & Kantor, 1989[1]

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

The length of the shell attains 14.6 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

Distribution

S. campbellensis can be found in the waters surrounding the Antipodes Islands, New Zealand.[1] at a depth of about 1,000 m.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Splendrillia campbellensis Sysoev & Kantor, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.


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