Splendrillia eburnea

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

Splendrillia eburnea
Original image of a shell of Splendrillia eburnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. eburnea
Binomial name
Splendrillia eburnea (Hedley, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
Melatoma eburnea Hedley, 1922

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) The solid, glossy, ivory-yellow shell has a cylindro-fusiform shape. The shell contains 7 whorls, including a two-whorled dome-shaped protoconch. The suture is impressed. There are no spirals. The ribs are set about fourteen to a whorl. They start up suddenly, immediately below the contracted fasciole area. They are prominent, perpendicular, wide-spaced, discontinuous, decreasing anteriorly, become obsolete on the body whorl, and vanish below the periphery. The aperture is wide. There is no varix. The outer lip is simple. The sinus is deep, U-shaped, right insertion incrassate. The throat is smooth. The inner lip is overlaid with a thick polished callus. The siphonal canal is short and open.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Victoria.