Dillwynella lignicola

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

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

The epithet "lignicola" means "living on wood".

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and is found off the Chatham Islands at depths between 1075 m and 1100 m.

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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
  • 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: 949-1004


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