Dilemma inexpectatum

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Dilemma inexpectatum
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Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS) [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Family: Poromyidae
Genus: Dilemma
Species:
D. inexpectatum
Binomial name
Dilemma inexpectatum
(Crozier, 1966)
Synonyms [2]

Corculum inexpectatumCrozier, 1966

Dilemma inexpectatum [2] is a minute species of deepwater [3] cockle, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. [2]

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References

  1. Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 29. ISBN   978-1-99-118365-1 . Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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  3. Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland: William Collins Publishers. ISBN   0-00-216906-1.