Dillwynella vitrea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]

Dillwynella vitrea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Dillwynella
Species:
D. vitrea
Binomial name
Dillwynella vitrea
Hasegawa, 1997[1]

Description

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The height of the shell attains 3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

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  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
  • Kunze T. (2011) Dillwynella voightae new species, a new skeneimorph gastropod (Turbinidae) from the western Atlantic and a new record of Dillwynella modesta (Dall, 1889). The Nautilus 125(1): 36–40
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  • "Dillwynella vitrea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.