Diloma durvillaea
Diloma durvillaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Diloma |
Species: | D. durvillaea
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Binomial name | |
Diloma durvillaea Spencer, Marshall & Waters, 2009[1]
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Diloma durvillaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description[]
The height of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 10 mm.
Distribution[]
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island.
References[]
- ^ Spencer H.G., Marshall B.A. & Waters J.M. (2009) Systematics and phylogeny of a new cryptic species of Diloma Philippi (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) from a novel habitat, the bull kelp holdfast communities of southern New Zealand. Invertebrate Systematics 23: 19–25.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ^ Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Diloma durvillaea Spencer, Marshall & Waters, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546851 on 2012-11-23
External links[]
Categories:
- Diloma
- Gastropods of New Zealand
- Gastropods described in 2009
- Trochidae stubs