Splendrillia chathamensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
| Splendrillia chathamensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. chathamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia chathamensis Sysoev & Kantor, 1989[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm, its diameter 4.3 mm.
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Distribution edit
S. chathamensis can be found in the waters surrounding the Western Chatham Rise, New Zealand.[1] at a depth of 850 m.
References edit
- ^ a b Sysoev, A.V. & Kantor, Y.I. (1989). "Anatomy of molluscs of genus Splendrillia (Gastropoda: Toxoglossa: Turridae) with descriptions of two new bathyal species of the genus from New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 205–214.
- ^ a b Splendrillia chathamensis Sysoev & Kantor, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.