Splendrillia coccinata

Splendrillia coccinata
Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia coccinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species: S. coccinata
Binomial name
Splendrillia coccinata
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerodrillia augustae C.B. Adams, 1850
  • Cerodrillia coccinata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Cerodrillia laevisculpta H. von Maltzan, 1883
  • Douglassia nodosa Nowell-Usticke, 1969
  • Drillia coccinata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Drillia innocens Melvill, 1923
  • Drillia interpunctata Smith E.A., 1882
  • Drillia Iaevisulcata H. von Maltzan, 1883
  • Pleurotoma coccinata Reeve, 1845
  • Pleurotoma interpunctata E. A. Smith, 1882
  • Splendrillia innocens J.C. Melvill, 1923
  • Splendrillia nodosa G.W. Nowell-Usticke, 1969

Splendrillia coccinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

The whorls are smooth or obsoletely striate, concave around the upper part, plicately nodose on the periphery. The color of the shell is; pink-white, stained with rose-color between the nodules, and sometimes below them, occasionally faintly banded with rose on the lower part of the body whorl.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, the Lesser Antilles and off Puerto Rico.

References

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