Splendrillia albicans
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Splendrillia albicans
| image = Splendrillia albicans 001.png
| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia albicans
| authority = (Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R.B. (1843) On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843, 36–46.
| synonyms =
- Clavatula albicans Hinds, 1843 (basionym)
- Defrancia albicans (Hinds, 1843)
- Mangilia albicans (Hinds, 1843)
- Pleurotoma albicans (Hinds, 1843)
| display_parents = 3
}}
Splendrillia albicans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.{{WRMS species|434908|Splendrillia albicans (Hinds, 1843)||10 November 2011}}
Description
The shell is slightly longitudinally ribbed with the ribs nodose at the sutures, with revolving striae towards the base of the body whorl . The shell is whitish, more or less tinged with chestnut. The length of the shell is 6 mm.G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 259; 1884 (described as Mangilia albicans)
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Straits of Malacca at a depth of 30 m.
References
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- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295].
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Splendrillia albicans|Splendrillia albicans}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Splendrillia Albicans}}