''Splendrillia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Drilliidae.
Fossils from this old genus have been found in
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
strata of Antarctica,
Oligocene
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and
Miocene
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strata of Australia, Miocene strata of Germany, Japan and New Zealand and
Quaternary
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strata of the United States; age range: 55.8 to 0.012 Ma.
Species
Species within the genus ''Splendrillia'' include:
* ''
Splendrillia abdita''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia academica''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
* ''
Splendrillia acostata
''Splendrillia acostata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as ...
''
(Verco, 1909)
* † ''
Splendrillia aequistriata''
(Hutton, 1886)
* † ''
Splendrillia afflicta''
(Marwick, 1931)
* ''
Splendrillia alabastrum''
Kilburn, 1988
* ''
Splendrillia albicans
''Splendrillia albicans'' is a species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. I ...
''
(Hinds, 1843)
* ''
Splendrillia alticostata
''Splendrillia alticostata'' is a species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction ...
''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia angularia
''Splendrillia angularia'' is a species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. ...
''
Wells, 1995
* † ''
Splendrillia annectens''
Powell, 1942
* † ''
Splendrillia anomala''
Powell, 1942
* ''
Splendrillia aomoriensis
''Splendrillia aomoriensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off ...
''
(Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
* ''
Splendrillia aoteana
''Splendrillia aoteana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Drilliidae.
This species has also been found a fossil in Pliocene Strata of New Zealand.
This name was in 1930 introduced by Finlay ...
''
Finlay H. J., 1930
* ''
Splendrillia arga
''Splendrillia arga'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 9.3 mm, its diameter 3.2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of ...
''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
* ''
Splendrillia armata
''Splendrillia armata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia armata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...
''
Powell, 1942
* ''
Splendrillia aurora
''Splendrillia aurora'' is a species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It ...
''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Splendrillia bahamasensis
''Splendrillia bahamasensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Bouchet, P. (2016). Splendrillia bahamasensis Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia bartschi
''Splendrillia bartschi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Bouchet, P. (2016). Splendrillia bartschi (Haas, 1941). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http ...
''
(Haas, 1941)
* ''
Splendrillia basilirata''
Sysoev, 1990
* ''
Splendrillia bednalli
''Splendrillia bednalli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
(Original description) The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5 mm. The white shell has an elongate-tu ...
''
(Sowerby III, 1896)
* ''
Splendrillia benthicola''
Dell, 1956
* ''
Splendrillia biconica''
(N.E. Weisbord, 1962)
* ''
Splendrillia boucheti''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia bozzettii''
Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
* ''
Splendrillia bratcherae''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
* ''
Splendrillia braunsi''
M. Yokoyama, 1920
* ''
Splendrillia brycei''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia buicki''
Wells, 1990
* ''
Splendrillia campbellensis''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1989
* ''
Splendrillia candidula''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''
Splendrillia carolae''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia chathamensis''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1989
* † ''
Splendrillia clava''
Powell, 1942
* † ''
Splendrillia clifdenensis''
Powell, 1942
* ''
Splendrillia clydonia''
(Melvill & Standen, 1901)
* ''
Splendrillia coccinata''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Splendrillia compta''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia crassiplicata''
(Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
* † ''
Splendrillia cristata''
Powell, 1942
* ''
Splendrillia cruzensis''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia daviesi''
Kilburn, 1988
* ''
Splendrillia debilis''
Finlay H. J., 1927
* ''
Splendrillia disjecta''
(Smith E. A., 1888)
* ''
Splendrillia dissimilis''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia eburnea''
(Hedley, 1922)
* † ''
Splendrillia edita''
Powell, 1942
* ''
Splendrillia elongata''
Wells, 1995: homonym but not synonym of † ''Splendrillia elongata''
Beu, 1970
* † ''
Splendrillia elongata''
Beu, 1970
* ''
Splendrillia espyra''
(Woodring, 1928)
* ''
Splendrillia eva''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Splendrillia falsa''
(Barnard, 1958)
* † ''
Splendrillia filiculosa''
(Marwick, 1931)
* ''
Splendrillia flavopunctata''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia globosa''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia granatella''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* ''
Splendrillia grandis''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia gratiosa''
(Sowerby III, 1896)
* ''
Splendrillia hansenae''
Wells, 1990
* ''
Splendrillia hayesi''
Kilburn, 1998
* ''
Splendrillia hedleyi''
Wells, 1990
* ''
Splendrillia hermata''
Dell, 1956
* ''
Splendrillia houbricki''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia intermaculata''
(Smith E. A., 1879)
* ''
Splendrillia intermedia''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia interpunctata''
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
* ''
Splendrillia jacula''
Dell, 1956
* ''
Splendrillia jarosae''
Wells, 1991
* ''
Splendrillia kapuranga''
Dell, 1953
* ''
Splendrillia karukeraensis''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia kingmai''
Marwick, 1965
* † ''
Splendrillia koruahinensis''
(Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
* ''
Splendrillia kylix''
Kilburn, 1988
* † ''
Splendrillia laevissima''
Lozouet, 2017 †
* ''
Splendrillia lalage''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Splendrillia larochei''
Powell, 1940
* † ''
Splendrillia lincta''
Powell, 1942
* ''
Splendrillia longbottomi''
Wells, 1990
* ''
Splendrillia lucida''
(Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
* ''
Splendrillia lygdina''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''
Splendrillia majorina''
Beu, 1979
* † ''
Splendrillia marconensis''
Lozouet, 2017
* ''
Splendrillia masinoi''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia mikrokamelos''
Kilburn, 1988
* ''
Splendrillia minima''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia nenia''
(Hedley, 1903)
* ''
Splendrillia obscura''
Sysoev, 1990
* ''
Splendrillia otagoensis''
Powell, 1942
* ''
Splendrillia panamensis''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia persica''
(Smith E. A., 1888)
* ''
Splendrillia powelli''
Wells, 1990 (junior homonym of † ''Splendrillia powelli'' (L. C. King, 1934) -a replacement name will be published)
* † ''
Splendrillia powelli''
(L. C. King, 1934)
* ''
Splendrillia praeclara''
(Melvill, 1893)
* ''
Splendrillia praeclara''
(Sowerby III, 1915) (junior homonym of ''Splendrillia praeclara'' (Melvill, 1893) - a replacement name will be published)
* ''
Splendrillia problematica''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia raricostata''
(Smith E. A., 1879)
* ''
Splendrillia resplendens''
(Melvill, 1898)
* ''
Splendrillia roseacincta''
Dell, 1956
* ''
Splendrillia runcinata''
Dell, 1956
* ''
Splendrillia sarda''
Kilburn, 1988
* ''
Splendrillia skambos''
Kilburn, 1988
* ''
Splendrillia solicitata''
(Sowerby III, 1913)
* ''
Splendrillia spadicina''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''
Splendrillia stegeri''
(Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
* ''
Splendrillia stellae''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia striata''
Wells, 1995
* † ''
Splendrillia subspinifera''
Lozouet, 2017
* ''
Splendrillia subtilis''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Splendrillia subviridis''
(May, 1911)
* ''
Splendrillia suluensis''
(Schepman, 1913)
* ''
Splendrillia taylori''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia triconica''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia turrita''
(Wells, 1995)
* ''
Splendrillia vinki''
(De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
* ''
Splendrillia vivens''
(Powell, 1942)
* ''
Splendrillia wayae''
Wells, 1995
* ''
Splendrillia westralis''
Wells, 1993
* † ''
Splendrillia whangaimoana''
Vella, 1954
* ''
Splendrillia woodsi''
(Beddome, 1883)
* ''
Splendrillia zanzibarica''
Sysoev, 1996
* ''
Splendrillia zeobliqua''
Beu, 1979
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Splendrillia agasma''
B.C. Cotton, 1947: synonym of ''Splendrillia woodsi''
(R.H. Beddome, 1883)
* ''Splendrillia ansonae''
F.E. Wells, 1990: synonym of ''
Crassispira ansonae''
F.E. Wells, 1990
* ''Splendrillia baileyi''
S.S. Berry, 1969: synonym of ''Splendrillia lalage''
(W.H. Dall, 1919)
* ''Splendrillia carolinae''
(Bartsch, 1934): synonym of ''
Syntomodrillia carolinae''
Bartsch, 1934
* ''Splendrillia dampieria''
(Hedley, 1922): synonym of ''
Inquisitor dampieria''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''Splendrillia fucata''
(Reeve, 1845): synonym of ''
Fenimorea fucata''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''Splendrillia halidorema''
(Schwengel, 1940): synonym of ''
Decoradrillia pulchella''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''Splendrillia hosoi''
(Okutani, 1964): synonym of ''
Crassispira hosoi''
(Okutani, 1964)
* ''Splendrillia howitti''
G.B. Pritchard & J.H. Gatliff, 1899: synonym of ''Splendrillia woodsi''
(R.H. Beddome, 1883)
* ''Splendrillia hypsela'' (Watson, 1881): synonym of ''
Syntomodrillia hypsela''
(Watson, 1881)
* ''Splendrillia innocens''
J.C. Melvill, 1923: synonym of ''Splendrillia coccinata''
(L.A. Reeve, 1845)
* ''Splendrillia janetae''
(Barnard, 1934): synonym of ''
Fenimorea janetae''
Bartsch, 1934
* ''Splendrillia laeta''
(Hinds, 1843): synonym of ''
Clavus laetus''
(Hinds, 1843)
* ''Splendrillia laevis''
F.W. Hutton, 1873: synonym of ''
Splendrillia aoteana
''Splendrillia aoteana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Drilliidae.
This species has also been found a fossil in Pliocene Strata of New Zealand.
This name was in 1930 introduced by Finlay ...
''
H.J. Finlay, 1930
* ''Splendrillia laevis''
H.H. Suter, 1908: synonym of ''Splendrillia debilis''
H.J. Finlay, 1927
* ''Splendrillia lissotropis''
(Dall, 1881): synonym of ''
Syntomodrillia lissotropis''
(Dall, 1881)
* ''Splendrillia molleri''
C.F. Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''Splendrillia woodsi''
(R.H. Beddome, 1883)
* ''Splendrillia moseri''
(Dall, 1889): synonym of ''
Fenimorea moseri
''Fenimorea moseri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Drilliidae.Bouchet, P.; Sartori, André F. (2016). Fenimorea moseri (Dall, 1889). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Registe ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Splendrillia nodosa''
G.W. Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of ''Splendrillia coccinata''
(L.A. Reeve, 1845)
* ''Splendrillia paria''
L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of ''
Fenimorea fucata''
(L.A. Reeve, 1845)
* ''Splendrillia quisqualis''
J.W. Brazier, 1876: synonym of ''Splendrillia candidula''
(C. Hedley, 1922)
* ''Splendrillia stricta''
MANCA Wells: synonym of ''Splendrillia striata''
F.E. Wells, 1995
* ''Splendrillia sunderlandi''
Petuch, 1987: synonym of ''
Fenimorea sunderlandi''
(Petuch, 1987)
* ''Splendrillia tantula''
(Bartsch, 1934): synonym of ''
Syntomodrillia portoricana''
Fallon, 2016
* ''Splendrillia weldiana''
J.E. Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of ''
Fenimorea fucata''
(L.A. Reeve, 1845)
* ''Splendrillia woodringi''
(Bartsch, 1934):
synonym of ''
Syntomodrillia woodringi''
Bartsch, 1934
References
* Hedley, Charles. ''A revision of the Australian Turridae''. Vol. 13. 1922.
Sysoev, A. V., and Yu I. Kantor. "Anatomy of molluscs of genus Splendrillia (Gastropoda: Toxoglossa: Turridae) with descriptions of two new bathyal species of the genus from New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16.2 (1989): 205-214.* FE Wells, ''Revision of the Recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia'', Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 1990
* Wells, F.E. (1995). ''A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas'', in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (1995). Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM: 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 167: pp. 527–556
*
External links
De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
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