Splendrillia vivens

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

Splendrillia vivens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Splendrillia
Species:	S. vivens
Binomial name
Splendrillia vivens (Powell, 1942)
Synonyms[1]
Splendrillia (Hauturua) vivens (Powell, A.W.B., 1942) Syntomodrillia vivens Powell, 1942

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island; also off Chatham Rise at a depth of 550 m.