Dillwynella ingens

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

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its diameter 5.65 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand, found off the Chatham Islands at a depth of 1140 m.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Dillwynella ingens B.A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581657 on 2012-09-01
  • Marshall, B.A. 1988: Skeneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales. Journal of Natural History 22: 949-1004


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