Splendrillia acostata explained

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

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References

• Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293-342
• Hedley, Charles (1920), A revision of the Australian Turridae; Records of the Australian Museum, vol. XIII nr. 6, Sydney
• Wells, F.E. 1990. Revision of the recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 73-117
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Notes and References

1. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/345d0b75-54f0-46d0-95ac-7bf6b29e3538 Australian Faunal Directory: Species Splendrillia (Splendrillia) acostata