Diloma samoaense

Diloma samoaense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Diloma
Species:	D. samoaense
Binomial name
Diloma samoaense Schwabe & Barclay, 2003[1]

Diloma Samoaense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2] Diloma Samoaense got its name from the Samoan islands where it first originated

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.^[citation needed]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tutuila, the largest and the main island of American Samoa in the archipelago of Samoan Islands.^[citation needed]

References

1. Schwabe & Barclay. 2003. Novapex 4 (1): 29–32. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
2. Diloma samoaense Schwabe & Barclay, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

External links

• "Diloma samoaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.