Splendrillia majorina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Splendrillia majorina. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599029 on 2016-12-07
This extant species is also described as a fossil from the Pliocene off Kaikōura Peninsula, New Zealand.
Description The shell is large, tall, and narrow, measuring 27.9 mm in height and 10.9 mm in diameter, with convex spire outlines, a short siphonal canal, concave shoulders, a subsutural fold, and a deep shoulder sinus. The inner lip is uncallused or lightly callused. The protoconch is smooth, dome-shaped, and large. Collabral sculpture has large, widely spaced folds, 9 to 11 per whorl. Spiral sculpture includes three cords on spire whorls and 10 to 12 on the last whorl, with fine threads in between. The siphonal canal is short, wide, slightly dorsally turned, and spout-like. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island.
It was originally described as fossil. New Zealand Mollusca: Splendrillia majorina
References
Beu, A.G. 1979: Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1)
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