Splendrillia flavopunctata
| Splendrillia flavopunctata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. flavopunctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia flavopunctata Fallon, 2016 | |
Splendrillia flavopunctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The shell is small, glossy, and spindle-shaped, with a tall spire, reaching a length of up to 18.8 mm.[2] It has up to 11 whorls, the body whorl making up about 54% of the total shell length.[2] The whorls are convex, with the widest point below the middle of the whorl and a slight sag just above the suture.[2] The aperture is narrow, only slightly wider at its midpoint than the anterior canal.[2] The protoconch (larval shell) consists of about 2½ smooth, rounded whorls.[2]
The axial sculpture consists of low, broad ribs with rounded crests, roughly as wide as the spaces between them, numbering 8–11 on the penultimate whorl and 7 on the body whorl.[2] Spiral sculpture is largely absent, apart from a few fine threads on the shell base and near the anterior fasciole.[2] A hump-like varix lies about a third of a turn back from the edge of the outer lip.[2] The shell is white, marked with two light golden-brown bands running between the ribs above the suture, and the varix bears a reddish-brown patch.[2] The species epithet, from Latin flavus ("gold-coloured") and punctatus ("spotted"), refers to these two rows of golden-brown spots.[2]
Splendrillia flavopunctata closely resembles several other Caribbean species of Splendrillia — S. interpunctata, S. panamensis, S. abdita, and S. bahamasensis — but can be distinguished from each by its shell proportions, whorl convexity, or colour pattern.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Barbados and off the Netherlands Antilles (southeast Curaçao), at depths of about 155–274 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2016). Splendrillia flavopunctata Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872159 on 2016-11-21
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Fallon, Phillip J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 297–298. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1. PMID 27394363. Species treatment republished by Plazi: "Splendrillia flavopunctata Fallon, 2016, new species". Plazi TreatmentBank. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
- Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1. PMID 27394363.
External links
- "Splendrillia flavopunctata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Original species description at Plazi TreatmentBank
- Splendrillia flavopunctata at MolluscaBase