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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> armata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Images: Splendrillia armata Powell, 1942
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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> armata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Details: Splendrillia armata Powell, 1942
Distribution:
Southern North Island as far north as The Aldermen Islands, eastern and south-western South Island, Bounty Plateau and Chatham Rise. Originally described as fossil, from 60-1000m
Type Data:
  • Parnassus, Spotswood, SW of Kaikoura, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 1979 Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1) (p.98)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1942 The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics, Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin, 2 (p.103) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil