Dilemma inexpectatum

Dilemma inexpectatum
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Family:	Poromyidae
Genus:	Dilemma
Species:	D. inexpectatum
Binomial name
Dilemma inexpectatum (Crozier, 1966)
Synonyms[2]
Corculum inexpectatum Crozier, 1966

Dilemma inexpectatum[2] is a minute species of deepwater[3] cockle, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.[2]

References

1. Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Dilemma inexpectatum (Crozier, 1966)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
3. Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland: William Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.