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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Images: Splendrillia benthicola Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 11 Feb 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009789). 24mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Details: Splendrillia benthicola Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 25mm, Width 9.5mm
Distribution:
Chatham Rise
Type Data:
  • 530 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.232)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.133) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil