Splendrillia gratiosa (G. B. Sowerby Iii 1896)

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

Description

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]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.

References

• Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
• Wells, F.E. 1990. Revision of the recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 73–117
• Wells F. (1991) A new species of Splendrillia, with comments on two other species of the genus (Gastropoda: Turridae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 63–67