Splendrillia arga
| Splendrillia arga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Splendrillia |
| Species: | S. arga
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| Binomial name | |
| Splendrillia arga McLean & Poorman, 1971
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Splendrillia arga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 9.3 mm, its diameter 3.2 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Panama.
Habitat and ecology
[edit]While specific ecological studies on S. arga are lacking, species in the family Drilliidae are generally carnivorous, feeding on small benthic invertebrates using a toxoglossan radula adapted for predation.[2][3] Drilliids are typically found in tropical and subtropical marine environments, where they inhabit soft-bottom substrates in the continental shelf and slope zones.
These snails are part of the demersal fauna, living near or on the seafloor. Reproductive and behavioral data for Splendrillia arga specifically have not been documented in the scientific literature. However, related drilliid species exhibit direct development, with eggs laid in capsules and juvenile snails emerging without a free-swimming larval stage,[4] a trait common in many conoidean gastropods.
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ a b Splendrillia arga McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.
- ^ Taylor, J.D., Kantor, Y.I., & Sysoev, A. (1993). Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Zoology Series, 59(2), 125–170.
- ^ Bouchet, P., Kantor, Y.I., Sysoev, A., & Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 77(3), 273–308. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyr017
- ^ Bouchet, P., & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies Supplement, 8, 1–119.
- Sources
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- McLean J.H. & Poorman R (1971). "New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae". The Veliger. 14: 89–113.
External links
[edit]- "Splendrillia arga". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.