Diloma subrostrata
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| Diloma subrostrata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Monodontinae |
| Genus: | Diloma |
| Species: | D. subrostrata |
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| Diloma subrostrata (Gray, 1835) | |
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Diloma subrostrata, common name the mudflat top shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 32 mm. The solid, conical shell is suborbicular. It is black, with close wavy longitudinal yellow lines. The spire is short with five whorls. The last whorl is large, rounded, with its hinder part with three to six spiral keels. The axis is imperforated. The throat is smooth and silvery. [1]
External links
- Gastropods.com: Diloma (Fractarmilla) subrostrata subrostrata
- New Zealand Mollusca: Diloma subrostrata
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Monodonta subrostrata)
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483.
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