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Molluscs of Tasmania

Drilliidae: Splendrillia (Splendrillia) gratiosa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896) (‘agreeable turrid’)

Synonym(s): gratiosa Sowerby, 1897.

Typical shell-length 17 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Endemic to southern Australia (TAS and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known only from a single record offshore from the southwest coast.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia woodsi

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no coastal locality records for this species currently available