Diloma durvillaea

Diloma durvillaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Diloma
Species:
D. durvillaea
Binomial name
Diloma durvillaea
Spencer, Marshall & Waters, 2009[1]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
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