Stilla delicatula

Stilla delicatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Stilla delicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Stilla
Species:
S. delicatula
Binomial name
Stilla delicatula
Powell, 1927

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.75 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off SW Otago to Stewart Island, and off Auckland Islands.

References

  • Powell, A.W.B. (1955) Mollusca of the southern islands of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Cape Expedition Series Bulletin, 15, 1–151, 5 pls.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone


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