''Splendrillia larochei'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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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 16 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is

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to New Zealand and occurs off Off

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, off Awanui Heads and off Rangaunu Bay

References

* Powell, A.W.B. 1940: ''The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand'', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 * Powell, A.W.B. 1979: ''New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells'', Collins, Auckland

External links

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
larochei Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1940 {{drilliidae-stub