Splendrillia jacula explained

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Otago Peninsula, South Island

References

• Dell, Richard Kenneth.The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland

External links

• • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone