''Splendrillia armata'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Drilliidae
The Drilliidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family has no s ...
.
[Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia armata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599027 on 26 November 2016]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to
New Zealand and occurs off North Island.
References
* Powell, Arthur William Baden. ''The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2''. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
* Beu, A.G. 1979: ''Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand'', New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1)
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). ''Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone''
External links
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armata
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1942
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