Dillwynella planorbis

Species of gastropod

Dillwynella planorbis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Dillwynella
Species:
D. planorbis
Binomial name
Dillwynella planorbis
Hasegawa, 1997[1]

Dillwynella planorbis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]

Description

The genus Dillwynella is a classification of various sea snails that Dillwynella Planorbis belongs to. Being a mollusk, the normal height of the shell attains 3 mm and contains various whirls.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

  1. ^ Hasegawa K. (1997) Sunken wood-associated gastropods collected from Suruga Bay, Pacific side of the central Honshu, Japan, with description of 12 new species. In: Deep-Sea Fauna and Pollutants in Suruga Bay. National ScienceMuseum Monographs 12: 59–123.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Dillwynella planorbis Hasegawa, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581658 on 2012-09-01
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
  • GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
  • World Register of Marine Species
Taxon identifiers
Dillwynella planorbis
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