Splendrillia granatella

Species of gastropod

Splendrillia granatella

Original image of a shell of Splendrillia granatella
Scientific classification
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]

## Description[edit]

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b 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[edit]

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

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7982797
* CoL: 4Z9GF
* GBIF: 6507116
* IRMNG: 11707526
* SeaLifeBase: 98695
* WoRMS: 434936

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