Splendrillia jacula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia jacula | |
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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. jacula
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia jacula Dell, 1956
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Otago Peninsula, South Island
References edit
- ^ a b Splendrillia jacula Dell, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Dell, Richard Kenneth.The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links edit
- "Splendrillia (Splendrillia) jacula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- 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