''Splendrillia cruzensis'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Drilliidae
The Drilliidae are a taxonomic family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family has no subfamilies. It consists of about 30 genera and approxi ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2016). Splendrillia cruzensis Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872157 on 2016-11-21]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 13 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the
Virgin Islands
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.
References
Fallon P.J. (2016). ''Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species''. Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1–363
External links
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cruzensis
Gastropods described in 2016
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