Diloma bicanaliculata

Diloma bicanaliculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Diloma
Species: D. bicanaliculata
Binomial name
Diloma bicanaliculata
(Dunker, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
  • Diloma (Fractarmilla) lenior Finlay, H.J., 1927
  • Trochus bicanaliculatus Dunker in Philippi, 1844 (original combination)

Diloma bicanaliculata, common name the knobbed top shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine shell is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island, South Island and Stewart Island.

References

  1. Dunker in Philippi, Conchyl Cab., p. 202, t. 30, f. 6.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2013). Diloma bicanaliculata (Dunker in Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546857 on 2014-03-18


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