Splendrillia globosa
Encyclopedia
Splendrillia globosa is a species
of sea snail
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Drilliidae
.
is dirty white to dark brownish, often without indistinct brown colour bands. The shell has 9-10 whorls
. The aperture
is moderately large. The apertural margin is white and slightly reflective. The umbilicus is wide and mostly covered by the reflective columellar margin.
The width of the shell is 30–90 mm. The height of the shell is 30–55 mm.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Drilliidae
Drilliidae
Drilliidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Description:...
.
Description
The shellGastropod shell
The gastropod shell is a shell which is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, one kind of mollusc. The gastropod shell is an external skeleton or exoskeleton, which serves not only for muscle attachment, but also for protection from predators and from mechanical damage...
is dirty white to dark brownish, often without indistinct brown colour bands. The shell has 9-10 whorls
Whorl (mollusc)
A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell. A spiral configuration of the shell is found in of numerous gastropods, but it is also found in shelled cephalopods including Nautilus, Spirula and the large extinct subclass of cephalopods known as the...
. The aperture
Aperture (mollusc)
The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc....
is moderately large. The apertural margin is white and slightly reflective. The umbilicus is wide and mostly covered by the reflective columellar margin.
The width of the shell is 30–90 mm. The height of the shell is 30–55 mm.