Diloma arida

Diloma arida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Diloma
Species: D. arida
Binomial name
Diloma arida
(Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Diloma coracina Suter, H., 1909
  • Monodonta coracina Suter, 1913
  • Zediloma arida Finlay, 1927

Diloma arida is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae. [1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 17 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs on sheltered mid-tidal rocks.

External links

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Diloma arida (Finlay, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546854 on 2014-03-18


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