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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> debilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia laevis parva Suter, 1908
Images: Splendrillia debilis Finlay, 1927
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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> debilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia laevis parva Suter, 1908
Details: Splendrillia debilis Finlay, 1927
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 3.5mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. 25-110 metres
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.232)
  • 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.104)
  • Finlay, H. 1927 New specific names for Austral Mollusca, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 57 (p.517) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil