Stilla fiordlandica

Stilla fiordlandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Stilla fiordlandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Stilla
Species:
S. fiordlandica
Binomial name
Stilla fiordlandica
Fleming C., 1948

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Fiordland.

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References

  • Fleming, C.A. (1948) New species and genera of marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77, 72–92.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone


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