Splendrillia coccinata

Splendrillia coccinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Splendrillia coccinata
Drawing of a shell of Splendrillia coccinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. coccinata
Binomial name
Splendrillia coccinata (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Cerodrillia augustae C.B. Adams, 1850 Cerodrillia coccinata (Reeve, 1845) Cerodrillia laevisculpta H. von Maltzan, 1883 Douglassia nodosa Nowell-Usticke, 1969 Drillia coccinata (Reeve, 1845) Drillia innocens Melvill, 1923 Drillia interpunctata Smith E.A., 1882 Drillia Iaevisulcata H. von Maltzan, 1883 Pleurotoma coccinata Reeve, 1845 Pleurotoma interpunctata E. A. Smith, 1882 Splendrillia innocens J.C. Melvill, 1923 Splendrillia nodosa G.W. Nowell-Usticke, 1969

Description

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

The whorls are smooth or obsoletely striate, concave around the upper part, plicately nodose on the periphery. The color of the shell is; pink-white, stained with rose-color between the nodules, and sometimes below them, occasionally faintly banded with rose on the lower part of the body whorl.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, the Lesser Antilles and off Puerto Rico.