Splendrillia granatella explained

Splendrillia granatella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

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.[1]

Distribution

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

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof7121903lond 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)