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Splendrillia skambos
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Splendrillia skambos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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Description
The small, orange to yellowish, claviform shell has a length of 8.8 mm, its diameter 3.6 mm. The smooth protoconch is small (height about 0.8 mm) and consists of 1+2⁄3 whorls, the teleoconch contains 5+1⁄2 whorls. The axial ribs are strong (with 10-14 ribs on the penultimate whorl). The body whorl has not an inverted cone shape and its dorsum is not prominently humped and is without a distinct varix. The rostrum is not thick. The short siphonal canal is relatively wide and twisted slightly to the right. The aperture is narrowly pear-shaped. The outer lip is not flattened in the middle. The columella is convex and its base is curved to the left.[2]
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the upper continental slope of Transkei, South Africa.
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