Splendrillia stegeri

Splendrillia stegeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. stegeri
Binomial name
Splendrillia stegeri
(Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
Synonyms[1]

Brachycythara stegeri Nowell-Usticke, 1959 (original combination)

Splendrillia stegeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Splendrillia stegeri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872167 on 2016-12-10
  • Nowell-Usticke, Gordon W. A Checklist of the Marine Shells of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Lane Press, 1959.
  • "Splendrillia stegeri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1.


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