Splendrillia skambos

Species of gastropod

Splendrillia skambos

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Drilliidae
Genus:  | Splendrillia
Species:  |

S. skambos

Binomial name
Splendrillia skambos

Kilburn, 1988

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

## Description

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The small, orange to yellowish, claviform shell has a length of 8.8 mm, its diameter 3.6 mm. The smooth protoconch is small (height about 0.8 mm) and consists of 1⅔ whorls, the teleoconch contains 5½ whorls. The axial ribs are strong (with 10-14 ribs on the penultimate whorl). The body whorl has not an inverted cone shape and its dorsum is not prominently humped and is without a distinct varix. The rostrum is not thick. The short siphonal canal is relatively wide and twisted slightly to the right. The aperture is narrowly pear-shaped. The outer lip is not flattened in the middle. The columella is convex and its base is curved to the left.[2]

## Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the upper continental slope of Transkei, South Africa.

## References

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1. ^ a b Splendrillia skambos Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
2. ^ Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.

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

Taxon identifiers

Splendrillia skambos|

* Wikidata: Q7578520
* CoL: 4Z9J5
* GBIF: 6507098
* IRMNG: 11707577
* OBIS: 434969
* SeaLifeBase: 98358
* WoRMS: 434969