Splendrillia academica McLean & Poorman 1971

Splendrillia academica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.7 mm, its diameter 5.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, at a depth of 60 m.

References

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• McLean & Poorman, 1971. New species of Tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae; The Veliger, 14, 89–113