Splendrillia globosa

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

Splendrillia globosa
Shell of Splendrillia globosa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. globosa
Binomial name
Splendrillia globosa Wells, 1995

Description

The shell 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.^[1]

The width of the shell is 30–90 mm. The height of the shell is 30–55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.