Splendrillia whangaimoana

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.3 mm, its diameter 6.1 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand.

References

• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Vella, Paul. "Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa." Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Vol. 81. No. 4. 1954.