''Splendrillia zeobliqua'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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.Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia zeobliqua. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599030 on 2016-12-07 This extant species is also described as a fossil from the Late

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, New Zealand

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 8.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is

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to New Zealand and occurs off

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. Pegasus Canyon, North Canterbury

References

* Beu, A.G. 1979: ''Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand'', New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1)

External links

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
zeobliqua Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1979 {{drilliidae-stub