Dillwynella haptricola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Dillwynella haptricola | |
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| Shell of Dillwynella haptricola (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Dillwynella |
| Species: | D. haptricola
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| Binomial name | |
| Dillwynella haptricola B.A. Marshall, 1988
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 3.2 mm, its diameter 3.6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and is found at depths between 1073 m and 1116 metres.
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Dillwynella haptricola B.A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581656 on 2012-09-01
- Marshall, B.A. 1988: Skeneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales. Journal of Natural History 22: 949-1004
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