Splendrillia runcinata

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3.2 mm. It is a non-broadcast spawner without a trocophore stage.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Islands at 196-340 m.

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