Danilia insperata

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Danilia insperata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Trochacea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Danilia
Species: D. insperata
Binomial name
Danilia insperata
Beu and Climo, 1974

Danilia insperata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is elevated-turbinate, with rounded whorls, of light build, and crisply crisply cancellated, the spiral cords the stronger. The outer lip is strengthened by a rounded plait. Coloration is pale-straw, with faint reddish-brown blotches on the apertural fold.

The maximum shell height is 13 mm, and the maximum width is 10.5 mm.

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