Diloma durvillaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
| Diloma durvillaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Diloma |
| Species: | D. durvillaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Diloma durvillaea Spencer, Marshall & Waters, 2009[1]
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 10 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
External links
edit- Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- GenBank (16 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
- World Register of Marine Species
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