Splendrillia granatella

Short description: Species of gastropod

Splendrillia granatella

Original image of a shell of Splendrillia granatella
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Drilliidae
Genus:  | Splendrillia
Species:  |

S. granatella

Binomial name
Splendrillia granatella

(Melvill & Standen, 1903)

Synonyms[1]

Drillia granatella Melvill & Standen, 1903

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

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

It is a smooth, shining, fusiform shell of pomegranate-pink color. It contains 6 whorls, of which two in the protoconch. The sculpture consists of few ribs, numbering 7 close to the body whorl. The aperture is slightly ovate. The white-colored outer lip is thin..The sinus is wide. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]

## Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Splendrillia granatella (Melvill & Standen, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
2. ↑ Melvill & Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Wikidata ☰ Q7982797 entry

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