Splendrillia

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

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Splendrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.

Fossils from this old genus have been found in Eocene strata of Antarctica, Oligocene and Miocene strata of Australia, Miocene strata of Germany, Japan and New Zealand and Quaternary strata of the United States; age range: 55.8 to 0.012 Ma.

Species

Species within the genus Splendrillia include:

• Splendrillia abdita Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia academica McLean & Poorman, 1971
• Splendrillia acostata (Verco, 1909)
• † Splendrillia adelaidae (A. W. B. Powell, 1944)
• † Splendrillia aequistriata (Hutton, 1886)
• † Splendrillia afflicta (Marwick, 1931)
• Splendrillia alabastrum Kilburn, 1988
• Splendrillia albicans (Hinds, 1843)
• Splendrillia alticostata Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia angularia Wells, 1995
• † Splendrillia annectens Powell, 1942
• † Splendrillia anomala Powell, 1942
• Splendrillia aomoriensis (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
• Splendrillia aoteana Finlay H. J., 1930
• Splendrillia arga McLean & Poorman, 1971
• Splendrillia armata Powell, 1942
• Splendrillia aurora (Thiele, 1925)
• Splendrillia bahamasensis Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia bartschi (Haas, 1941)
• Splendrillia basilirata Sysoev, 1990
• Splendrillia bednalli (Sowerby III, 1896)
• Splendrillia benthicola Dell, 1956
• Splendrillia biconica (N.E. Weisbord, 1962)
• Splendrillia boucheti Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia bozzettii Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
• Splendrillia bratcherae McLean & Poorman, 1971
• Splendrillia braunsi M. Yokoyama, 1920
• Splendrillia brycei Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia buicki Wells, 1990
• Splendrillia campbellensis Sysoev & Kantor, 1989
• Splendrillia candidula (Hedley, 1922)
• Splendrillia carolae Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia chathamensis Sysoev & Kantor, 1989
• † Splendrillia clava Powell, 1942
• † Splendrillia clifdenensis Powell, 1942
• Splendrillia clydonia (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
• Splendrillia coccinata (Reeve, 1845)
• Splendrillia compta Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia crassiplicata (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
• † Splendrillia cristata Powell, 1942
• Splendrillia cruzensis Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia daviesi Kilburn, 1988
• Splendrillia debilis Finlay H. J., 1927
• Splendrillia disjecta (Smith E. A., 1888)
• Splendrillia dissimilis Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia eburnea (Hedley, 1922)
• † Splendrillia edita Powell, 1942
• Splendrillia elongata Wells, 1995: homonym but not synonym of † Splendrillia elongata Beu, 1970
• † Splendrillia elongata Beu, 1970
• Splendrillia espyra (Woodring, 1928)
• Splendrillia eva (Thiele, 1925)
• Splendrillia falsa (Barnard, 1958)
• † Splendrillia formosa (A. W. B. Powell, 1944)
• † Splendrillia filiculosa (Marwick, 1931)
• Splendrillia flavopunctata Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia globosa Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia granatella (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
• Splendrillia grandis Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia gratiosa (Sowerby III, 1896)
• Splendrillia hansenae Wells, 1990
• Splendrillia hayesi Kilburn, 1998
• Splendrillia hedleyi Wells, 1990
• Splendrillia hermata Dell, 1956
• Splendrillia houbricki Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia intermaculata (Smith E. A., 1879)
• Splendrillia intermedia Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia interpunctata (E. A. Smith, 1882)
• Splendrillia jacula Dell, 1956
• Splendrillia jarosae Wells, 1991
• Splendrillia kapuranga Dell, 1953
• Splendrillia karukeraensis Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia kingmai Marwick, 1965
• † Splendrillia koruahinensis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
• Splendrillia kylix Kilburn, 1988
• † Splendrillia laevissima Lozouet, 2017 †
• Splendrillia lalage (Dall, 1919)
• Splendrillia larochei Powell, 1940
• † Splendrillia lincta Powell, 1942
• Splendrillia longbottomi Wells, 1990
• Splendrillia lucida (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
• Splendrillia lygdina (Hedley, 1922)
• Splendrillia majorina Beu, 1979
• † Splendrillia marconensis Lozouet, 2017
• Splendrillia masinoi Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia mikrokamelos Kilburn, 1988
• Splendrillia minima Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia nenia (Hedley, 1903)
• Splendrillia obscura Sysoev, 1990
• Splendrillia otagoensis Powell, 1942
• Splendrillia panamensis Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia persica (Smith E. A., 1888)
• Splendrillia powelli Wells, 1990 (junior homonym of † Splendrillia powelli (L. C. King, 1934) -a replacement name will be published)
• † Splendrillia powelli (L. C. King, 1934)
• Splendrillia praeclara (Melvill, 1893)
• Splendrillia praeclara (Sowerby III, 1915) (junior homonym of Splendrillia praeclara (Melvill, 1893) - a replacement name will be published)
• Splendrillia problematica Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia raricostata (Smith E. A., 1879)
• Splendrillia resplendens (Melvill, 1898)
• Splendrillia roseacincta Dell, 1956
• Splendrillia runcinata Dell, 1956
• Splendrillia sarda Kilburn, 1988
• Splendrillia skambos Kilburn, 1988
• Splendrillia solicitata (Sowerby III, 1913)
• Splendrillia spadicina (Hedley, 1922)
• Splendrillia stegeri (Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
• Splendrillia stellae Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia striata Wells, 1995
• † Splendrillia subspinifera Lozouet, 2017
• Splendrillia subtilis Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia subviridis (May, 1911)
• Splendrillia suluensis (Schepman, 1913)
• Splendrillia taylori Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia triconica Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia turrita (Wells, 1995)
• Splendrillia vinki (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
• Splendrillia wayae Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia westralis Wells, 1993
• † Splendrillia whangaimoana Vella, 1954
• Splendrillia woodsi (Beddome, 1883)
• Splendrillia zanzibarica Sysoev, 1996
• Splendrillia zeobliqua Beu, 1979 ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Splendrillia agasma B.C. Cotton, 1947: synonym of Splendrillia woodsi (R.H. Beddome, 1883)
• Splendrillia ansonae F.E. Wells, 1990: synonym of Crassispira ansonae F.E. Wells, 1990
• Splendrillia baileyi S.S. Berry, 1969: synonym of Splendrillia lalage (W.H. Dall, 1919)
• Splendrillia carolinae (Bartsch, 1934): synonym of Syntomodrillia carolinae Bartsch, 1934
• Splendrillia dampieria (Hedley, 1922): synonym of Inquisitor dampieria (Hedley, 1922)
• Splendrillia fucata (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Fenimorea fucata (Reeve, 1845)
• Splendrillia halidorema (Schwengel, 1940): synonym of Decoradrillia pulchella (Reeve, 1845)
• Splendrillia hosoi (Okutani, 1964): synonym of Crassispira hosoi (Okutani, 1964)
• Splendrillia howitti G.B. Pritchard & J.H. Gatliff, 1899: synonym of Splendrillia woodsi (R.H. Beddome, 1883)
• Splendrillia hypsela (Watson, 1881): synonym of Syntomodrillia hypsela (Watson, 1881)
• Splendrillia innocens J.C. Melvill, 1923: synonym of Splendrillia coccinata (L.A. Reeve, 1845)
• Splendrillia janetae (Barnard, 1934): synonym of Fenimorea janetae Bartsch, 1934
• Splendrillia laeta (Hinds, 1843): synonym of Clavus laetus (Hinds, 1843)
• Splendrillia laevis F.W. Hutton, 1873: synonym of Splendrillia aoteana H.J. Finlay, 1930
• Splendrillia laevis H.H. Suter, 1908: synonym of Splendrillia debilis H.J. Finlay, 1927
• Splendrillia lissotropis (Dall, 1881): synonym of Syntomodrillia lissotropis (Dall, 1881)
• Splendrillia molleri C.F. Laseron, 1954: synonym of Splendrillia woodsi (R.H. Beddome, 1883)
• Splendrillia moseri (Dall, 1889): synonym of Fenimorea moseri (Dall, 1889)
• Splendrillia nodosa G.W. Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of Splendrillia coccinata (L.A. Reeve, 1845)
• Splendrillia paria L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of Fenimorea fucata (L.A. Reeve, 1845)
• Splendrillia quisqualis J.W. Brazier, 1876: synonym of Splendrillia candidula (C. Hedley, 1922)
• Splendrillia stricta MANCA Wells: synonym of Splendrillia striata F.E. Wells, 1995
• Splendrillia sunderlandi Petuch, 1987: synonym of Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987)
• Splendrillia tantula (Bartsch, 1934): synonym of Syntomodrillia portoricana Fallon, 2016
• Splendrillia vivens (Powell, 1942): synonym of Hauturua vivens (Powell, 1942)
• Splendrillia weldiana J.E. Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of Fenimorea fucata (L.A. Reeve, 1845)
• Splendrillia woodringi (Bartsch, 1934): synonym of Syntomodrillia woodringi Bartsch, 1934

Bibliography

• Hedley, Charles. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Vol. 13. 1922.
• Sysoev, A. V., and Yu I. Kantor. "Anatomy of molluscs of genus Splendrillia (Gastropoda: Toxoglossa: Turridae) with descriptions of two new bathyal species of the genus from New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16.2 (1989): 205-214.
• FE Wells, Revision of the Recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 1990
• Wells, F.E. (1995). A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas, in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (1995). Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM: 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 167: pp. 527–556

References

References

1. {{WRMS species. 416005. ''Splendrillia''. 10 November 2011
2. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". [[Journal of Molluscan Studies]].
3. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11692 Fossilworks: ''Splendrillia'']
4. {{WRMS species. 434906. ''Splendrillia academica'' McLean & Poorman, 1971. 13 April 2010
5. [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Splendrillia_%28Splendrillia%29_acostata Australian Faunal Directory: ''Splendrillia (Splendrillia) acostata'' (Verco, 1909)]
6. {{WRMS species. 434907. ''Splendrillia alabastrum'' Kilburn, 1988. 13 April 2010
7. {{WRMS species. 434908. ''Splendrillia albicans'' (Hinds, 1843). 13 April 2010
8. {{WRMS species. 434909. ''Splendrillia angularia'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
9. {{WRMS species. 434910. ''Splendrillia aomoriensis'' (Nomura & Hatai, 1940). 13 April 2010
10. {{WRMS species. 434911. ''Splendrillia aoteana'' Finlay H. J., 1930. 13 April 2010
11. {{WRMS species. 434912. ''Splendrillia arga'' McLean & Poorman, 1971. 13 April 2010
12. {{WRMS species. 432694. ''Splendrillia aurora'' (Thiele, 1925). 13 April 2010
13. {{WRMS species. 434913. ''Splendrillia basilirata'' Sysoev, 1990. 13 April 2010
14. {{WRMS species. 434914. ''Splendrillia bednalli'' (Sowerby III, 1896). 13 April 2010
15. {{WRMS species. 434915. ''Splendrillia benthicola'' Dell, 1956. 13 April 2010
16. {{WRMS species. 434916. ''Splendrillia boucheti'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
17. {{WRMS species. 434917. ''Splendrillia bratcherae'' McLean & Poorman, 1971. 13 April 2010
18. {{WRMS species. 434918. ''Splendrillia brycei'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
19. {{WRMS species. 434919. ''Splendrillia buicki'' Wells, 1990. 13 April 2010
20. {{WRMS species. 434920. ''Splendrillia campbellensis'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1989. 13 April 2010
21. {{WRMS species. 434921. ''Splendrillia candidulus'' (Hedley, 1922). 13 April 2010
22. {{WRMS species. 434922. ''Splendrillia carolae'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
23. {{WRMS species. 434924. ''Splendrillia chathamensis'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1989. 13 April 2010
24. {{WRMS species. 434925. ''Splendrillia clydonia'' (Melvill & Standen, 1901). 13 April 2010
25. {{WRMS species. 432879. ''Splendrillia coccinata'' (Reeve, 1845). 13 April 2010
26. {{WRMS species. 434926. ''Splendrillia crassiplicata'' (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971). 13 April 2010
27. {{WRMS species. 434927. ''Splendrillia daviesi'' Kilburn, 1988. 13 April 2010
28. {{WRMS species. 434928. ''Splendrillia debilis'' Finlay H. J., 1927. 13 April 2010
29. {{WRMS species. 434929. ''Splendrillia disjecta'' (Smith E. A., 1888). 13 April 2010
30. {{WRMS species. 434930. ''Splendrillia eburnea'' (Hedley, 1922). 13 April 2010
31. {{WRMS species. 434931. ''Splendrillia elongata'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
32. {{WRMS species. 434932. ''Splendrillia eva'' (Thiele, 1925). 13 April 2010
33. {{WRMS species. 434933. ''Splendrillia falsa'' (Barnard, 1958). 13 April 2010
34. {{WRMS species. 434935. ''Splendrillia globosa'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
35. {{WRMS species. 434936. ''Splendrillia granatella'' (Melvill & Standen, 1903). 13 April 2010
36. {{WRMS species. 434937. ''Splendrillia gratiosa'' (Sowerby III, 1896). 13 April 2010
37. {{WRMS species. 434938. ''Splendrillia hansenae'' Wells, 1990. 13 April 2010
38. {{WRMS species. 434939. ''Splendrillia hayesi'' Kilburn, 1998. 13 April 2010
39. {{WRMS species. 434940. ''Splendrillia hedleyi'' Wells, 1990. 13 April 2010
40. {{WRMS species. 434941. ''Splendrillia hermata'' Dell, 1956. 13 April 2010
41. {{WRMS species. 434942. ''Splendrillia houbricki'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
42. {{WRMS species. 434943. ''Splendrillia intermaculata'' (Smith E. A., 1879). 13 April 2010
43. {{WRMS species. 434944. ''Splendrillia intermedia'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
44. {{WRMS species. 434945. ''Splendrillia jacula'' Dell, 1956. 13 April 2010
45. {{WRMS species. 434946. ''Splendrillia jarosae'' Wells, 1991. 13 April 2010
46. {{WRMS species. 434947. ''Splendrillia kapuranga'' Dell, 1953. 13 April 2010
47. {{WRMS species. 434948. ''Splendrillia kylix'' Kilburn, 1988. 13 April 2010
48. {{WRMS species. 434949. ''Splendrillia lalage'' (Dall, 1919). 13 April 2010
49. {{WRMS species. 434950. ''Splendrillia larochei'' Powell, 1940. 13 April 2010
50. {{WRMS species. 434951. ''Splendrillia longbottomi'' Wells, 1990. 13 April 2010
51. {{WRMS species. 434952. ''Splendrillia lucida'' (Nevill & Nevill, 1875). 13 April 2010
52. {{WRMS species. 434953. ''Splendrillia lygdina'' (Hedley, 1922). 13 April 2010
53. {{WRMS species. 434954. ''Splendrillia mikrokamelos'' Kilburn, 1988. 13 April 2010
54. {{WRMS species. 434955. ''Splendrillia minima'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
55. {{WRMS species. 434956. ''Splendrillia nenia'' (Hedley, 1903). 13 April 2010
56. {{WRMS species. 434957. ''Splendrillia obscura'' Sysoev, 1990. 13 April 2010
57. {{WRMS species. 434958. ''Splendrillia otagoensis'' Powell, 1942. 13 April 2010
58. {{WRMS species. 434959. ''Splendrillia persica'' (Smith E. A., 1888). 13 April 2010
59. {{WRMS species. 434960. ''Splendrillia powelli'' Wells, 1990. 13 April 2010
60. {{WRMS species. 434961. ''Splendrillia praeclara'' (Melvill, 1893). 13 April 2010
61. {{WRMS species. 434962. ''Splendrillia praeclara'' (Sowerby III, 1915). 13 April 2010
62. {{WRMS species. 434963. ''Splendrillia problematica'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
63. {{WRMS species. 434964. ''Splendrillia raricostata'' (Smith E. A., 1879). 13 April 2010
64. {{WRMS species. 434965. ''Splendrillia resplendens'' (Melvill, 1898). 13 April 2010
65. {{WRMS species. 434966. ''Splendrillia roseacincta'' Dell, 1956. 13 April 2010
66. {{WRMS species. 434967. ''Splendrillia runcinata'' Dell, 1956. 13 April 2010
67. {{WRMS species. 434968. ''Splendrillia sarda'' Kilburn, 1988. 13 April 2010
68. {{WRMS species. 434969. ''Splendrillia skambos'' Kilburn, 1988. 13 April 2010
69. {{WRMS species. 434970. ''Splendrillia solicitata'' (Sowerby III, 1913). 13 April 2010
70. {{WRMS species. 434971. ''Splendrillia spadicina'' (Hedley, 1922). 13 April 2010
71. {{WRMS species. 434972. ''Splendrillia striata'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
72. {{WRMS species. 434973. ''Splendrillia subviridis'' (May, 1911). 13 April 2010
73. {{WRMS species. 434974. ''Splendrillia suluensis'' (Schepman, 1913). 13 April 2010
74. {{WRMS species. 434976. ''Splendrillia taylori'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
75. {{WRMS species. 434977. ''Splendrillia triconica'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
76. {{WRMS species. 434978. ''Splendrillia turrita'' (Wells, 1995). 13 April 2010
77. {{WRMS species. 434979. ''Splendrillia wayae'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
78. {{WRMS species. 434980. ''Splendrillia westralis'' Wells, 1995. 13 April 2010
79. {{WRMS species. 434981. ''Splendrillia zanzibarica'' Sysoev, 1996. 13 April 2010
80. {{WRMS species. 434923. ''Splendrillia carolinae'' (Bartsch, 1934). 13 April 2010
81. {{WRMS species. 434934. ''Splendrillia fucata'' (Reeve, 1845). 13 April 2010
82. {{WRMS species. 432880. ''Splendrillia hypsela'' (Watson, 1881). 13 April 2010
83. {{WRMS species. 420316. ''Splendrillia lissotropis'' (Dall, 1881). 13 April 2010
84. {{WRMS species. 420317. ''Splendrillia moseri'' (Dall, 1889). 13 April 2010
85. {{WRMS species. 434975. ''Splendrillia tantula'' (Bartsch, 1934). 13 April 2010
86. {{WRMS species. 432878. ''Splendrillia vivens'' (Powell, 1942). 17 November 2025
87. {{WRMS species. 420318. ''Splendrillia woodringi'' (Bartsch, 1934). 13 April 2010

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