Splendrillia armata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia armata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599027 on 26 November 2016 This species was first described by Baden Powell (malacologist) in 1942 as a fossil from middle Pliocene sediments near Hurunui River.
Description
The height of the shell of the holotype is 14.75 mm; its diameter is 6 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island.
References
Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942. Beu, A.G. 1979: Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1)
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
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