Splendrillia debilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description The height of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.
The species is distinguished from Splendrillia aoteana by its much smaller size, the broader shoulder, and the slender, short, oblique costae, sometimes reduced to pointed tubercles on the body whorl, their number being 12 to 14 on the body whorl.Suter H. (1913-1915), Manual of New Zealand Mollusca; Wellington, N. Z. :J. Mackay, govt. printer,1913-1915 (described as Drillia laevis parva)
The proboscis is of moderate size compared to the rhynchodeum (a tubular chamber anterior to the proboscis).W.F. Ponder, Evolution of the Neogastropoda, Malacologia, v. 12 1973 p. 305
Distribution This marine species occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island, New Zealand.
References
Suter, P. Mal. S., viii, 1908, 185 Powell, A.W.B. 1942: The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics, Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin, 2 Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.