Dillwynella lignicola

Dillwynella lignicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Dillwynella
Species: D. lignicola
Binomial name
Dillwynella lignicola
B.A. Marshall, 1988

Dillwynella lignicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

The epithet "lignicola" means "living on wood".

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diamter 4.05 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and is found off the Chatham Islands at depths between 1075 m and 1100 m.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Dillwynella lignicola B.A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581655 on 2012-09-01
External identifiers for Dillwynella lignicola
WoRMS 581655


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