Splendrillia otagoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter is 3 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Bay of Plenty, off Oamaru, Otago, and Stewart Island.
Attributes
Functional group benthos (inherited from Gastropoda) Feeding method predator (inherited from Conoidea J. Fleming, 1822) Nomenclature code The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) (inherited from Animalia)
References
Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942. Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone