Splendrillia elongata

Splendrillia elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species: S. elongata
Binomial name
Splendrillia elongata
Wells, 1995

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

Homonymy

The extinct species Splendrillia elongata Beu, 1980, and the extant species Splendrillia elongata Wells, 1995, are homonyms, but not synonyms. A replacement name will have to be established for the junior name

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Splendrillia elongata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434931 on 2016-11-27


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