''Splendrillia falsa'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

in the

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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 ...

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 3.75 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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, South Africa

References

Barnard K.H. (1958), ''Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa''; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
Endemic molluscs of South Africa

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Gastropods described in 1958 {{drilliidae-stub