Diloma aridum
| Diloma aridum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Diloma |
| Species: | D. aridum |
| Binomial name | |
| Diloma aridum (Finlay, 1927) | |
| Synonyms | |
Diloma aridum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae. [1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 17 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs on sheltered mid-tidal rocks.
External links
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). Diloma aridum(Finlay, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546854 on 2014-03-18
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254
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