Splendrillia elongata

Splendrillia elongata
Shell of Splendrillia elongata F. E. Wells, 1995 (homonym)
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. elongata
Binomial name
Splendrillia elongata
Wells, 1995

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

Homonymy

The extinct species Splendrillia elongata Beu, 1980, and the extant species Splendrillia elongata Wells, 1995, are homonyms, but not synonyms. A replacement name will have to be established for the junior name

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia elongata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434931 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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