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Diloma aridum

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Diloma aridum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Diloma
Species:
D. aridum
Binomial name
Diloma aridum
(Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Diloma coracina Suter, H., 1909
  • Monodonta coracina Suter, 1913
  • Zediloma arida Finlay, 1927

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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2013). Diloma aridum(Finlay, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546854 on 2014-03-18
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254
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