Dillwynella lignicola

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Dillwynella lignicola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Dillwynella
Species:
D. lignicola
Binomial name
Dillwynella lignicola
B.A. Marshall, 1988

Dillwynella lignicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. [1]

Contents

The epithet "lignicola" means "living on wood". [2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 4.05 mm. [3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and is found off the Chatham Islands at depths between 1075 m and 1100 m. Dillwynellia lignicola can be also found in Exclusive Economic zone of New Zealand. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Dillwynella lignicola B.A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581655 on 2012-09-01
  2. ↑ "NZ Mollusca - Dillwynella lignicola". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  3. ↑ 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 (4): 949–1004. doi:10.1080/00222938800770631 . Retrieved January 16, 2024– via (WoRMS) World Register of Marine Species.
  4. ↑ Kunze, T. (March 24, 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– via (WoRMS) World's Register of Marine Species.


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