Splendrillia elongata

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

Splendrillia elongata
Shell of Splendrillia elongata F. E. Wells, 1995 (homonym)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. elongata
Binomial name
Splendrillia elongata Wells, 1995

Homonymy

The extinct species Splendrillia elongata Beu, 1980, and the extant species Splendrillia elongata Wells, 1995, are homonyms, but not synonyms. A replacement name will have to be established for the junior name.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.