Splendrillia albicans

Splendrillia albicans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[2]

Splendrillia albicans
Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia albicans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. albicans
Binomial name
Splendrillia albicans (Hinds, 1843) [1]
Synonyms[2]
Clavatula albicans Hinds, 1843 (basionym) Defrancia albicans (Hinds, 1843) Mangilia albicans (Hinds, 1843) Pleurotoma albicans (Hinds, 1843)

Description

The shell is slightly longitudinally ribbed with the ribs nodose at the sutures, with revolving striae towards the base of the body whorl . The shell is whitish, more or less tinged with chestnut. The length of the shell is 6 mm.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Straits of Malacca at a depth of 30 m.