Splendrillia gratiosa
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| Splendrillia gratiosa | |
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| Oirignal image of a shell of Splendrillia gratiosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. gratiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia gratiosa (G.B. Sowerby III, 1896) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Splendrillia gratiosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 17.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.
This is a smooth shell, pink, with longitudinal red flames. tTe spire is acutely elongate, but the apex is blunt and papillary. The shell contains 9 slightly convex whorls. The suture is impressed. The body whorl is very short and slightly inflated. The aperture is ovate. The columella is sinuate. The outer lip is sharp.[2]