Splendrillia adelaidae

Splendrillia adelaidae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae. Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene, and occur in the strata of the St Vincent Basin of South Australia.

Description

In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
The holotype of the species measures in height and in diameter.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected by W. Howchin and J.C. Verco in 1919, from the Metropolitan Abattoirs Bore in Adelaide, at a depth of between. The holotype is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

This extinct marine species dates to the middle Miocene, and occurs in the strata of the St Vincent Basin of South Australia, known from the Dry Creek Sands.