original description
Salisbury, R. A.; Guillot de Suduiraut, E. (2003). Three new deep-water miters (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mitridae) from the Western Indo-Pacific with a new name for <i>Mitra millepunctata</i> Schepman, 1911. <em>Novapex.</em> 4(1): 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42322286#page/7/mode/1up [details]
status source
Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of <i>Mitra</i>: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(2): 253-337., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx073 [details]
From other sources
Etymology Splendidula (Latin) Adjective, meaning splendid or magnificent. [details]
From editor or global species database