Elaphriella diplax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
| Elaphriella diplax | |
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| Type specimen from the collections of Te Papa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Elaphriella |
| Species: | E. diplax
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| Binomial name | |
| Elaphriella diplax Marshall, 1999[1]
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Description
editThe diameter of the shell is up to 11 mm in width. The shell is white in appearance, is moderately thick, and is wider than it is high.[4] This species is regarded as being distinctive in appearance as it has
suprasutural angulation on the spire whorls, rounded, axially elongate nodules on both the submedian and subsutural angulation, and rounded axial pleats on the inner base.[4]
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Mayor Island at depths between 753 m and 826 m.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Marshall (1999). The Nautilus 113 (1) : 4–42. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ Elaphriella diplax Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Archiminolia diplax B.A. Marshall, 1999". www.nzor.org.nz. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Marshall, B. A. (1999). "A revision of the recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region". The Nautilus. 113: 4–42. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2016. ISSN 0028-1344 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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