Galapagos Species Database

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Splendrillia academica J. H. McLean & Poorman, 1971

drillia, Drillia

Height: 13.7 mm; diameter: 5.3 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Conoidea

Family
Drilliidae

Genus
Splendrillia

Species
academica

Taxon category: Accepted

ANSP: 170332, 323536 (Paratype), USNM: 706952 (Paratype), 753269, LACM: 1500 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), plus several other specimens (ex.: 71-67, 71-69, 71-71, D-31), CAS: 13702 (Paratype), CDRS: 534, 535, 592

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Galapagos islands.

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
  • McLean, J.H. Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger 14: 89-113.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Splendrillia academica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9892. Accessed 9 June 2026.