Splendrillia granatella

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

Splendrillia granatella
Original image of a shell of Splendrillia granatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. granatella
Binomial name
Splendrillia granatella (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia granatella Melvill & Standen, 1903

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

It is a smooth, shining, fusiform shell of pomegranate-pink color. It contains 6 whorls, of which two in the protoconch. The sculpture consists of few ribs, numbering 7 close to the body whorl. The aperture is slightly ovate. The white-colored outer lip is thin..The sinus is wide. The siphonal canal is very short.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.