Diloma aridum

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

Diloma aridum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: 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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

  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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