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| Splendrillia intermaculata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia intermaculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. intermaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia intermaculata (E.A. Smith, 1879) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Drillia intermaculata E.A. Smith, 1879 | |
Splendrillia intermaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The shining, subpellucid, white shell shows four revolving series of brownish yellow dots between the ribs on the body whorl, and two on those of the spire. The ribs are slight and show no revolving striae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off South Korea and Japan.
References
[edit]- Smith, Edgar A. "11. On a Collection of Mollusca from Japan." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 47. No. 1. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1879.