''Splendrillia stellae'' 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 stellae Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872168 on 2016-11-21]
Description
The shell of ''Splendrillia stellae'' is elongated and narrow, typical of the Drilliidae family. While the coloration and precise morphological characteristics may vary, it often has a glossy surface with spiral ridges or fine lines running along its length. The shell size generally ranges around approximately 7.5 millimeters in length. This species, like others in the ''Splendrillia'' genus, possesses a siphonal canal and a sharp apex, both of which aid in identifying it from similar gastropods.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off
Aruba.
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
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stellae
Gastropods described in 2016
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