Niso splendidula is a species of micromollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 38 mm, its diameter 17 mm. It is one of the largest species in Niso known from the west coast of America.
(Original description) The brownish shell is acuminately pyramidal. The shell contains 18 whorls. The shell is near the sutures articulated in alternating white and chestnut markings. The umbilicus is large, and the aperture is angulated anteriorly.
Disitribution The species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the United States, Mexico, Panama and Ecuador
References
Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls.
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