Splendrillia skambos
Species of gastropod
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Splendrillia skambos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Splendrillia skambos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. skambos |
| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia skambos Kilburn, 1988 | |
Description
The small, orange to yellowish, claviform shell has a length of 8.8 mm, its diameter 3.6 mm. The smooth protoconch is small (height about 0.8 mm) and consists of 1+2⁄3 whorls, the teleoconch contains 5+1⁄2 whorls. The axial ribs are strong (with 10-14 ribs on the penultimate whorl). The body whorl has not an inverted cone shape and its dorsum is not prominently humped and is without a distinct varix. The rostrum is not thick. The short siphonal canal is relatively wide and twisted slightly to the right. The aperture is narrowly pear-shaped. The outer lip is not flattened in the middle. The columella is convex and its base is curved to the left.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the upper continental slope of Transkei, South Africa.