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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Images: Splendrillia otagoensis Powell, 1942
Holotype, collected off Oamaru, Northern Otago, NZ (MA71122). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Details: Splendrillia otagoensis Powell, 1942
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island, from 55-549m
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.233)
  • 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) 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