Splendrillia kapuranga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia kapuranga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. kapuranga
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia kapuranga Dell, 1953
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Rise, east of South Island at a depth of 550 m.
References
edit- ^ a b Splendrillia kapuranga Dell, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Dell, R. K. "A molluscan fauna from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand." Records of the Dominion Museum 2.1 (1953): 37–50.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links
edit- 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
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Splendrillia (Splendrillia) kapuranga". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.