Elaeocyma splendidula

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Elaeocyma splendidula
Drawing of a shell of Elaeocyma splendidula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Elaeocyma
Species:
E. splendidula
Binomial name
Elaeocyma splendidula
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia (Crassispira) splendidula H. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Drillia (Drillia) splendidula Tryon, 1884
  • Pleurotoma splendidula Sowerby I, 1834 (basionym)

Elaeocyma splendidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

The shell grows to a length of 28 mm. The whorls are smooth. The shell is longitudinally ribbed below the tuberculate periphery. The tubercles and ribs are slight, the latter curved, and white upon a brownish rose-colored surface.[3]

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