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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Dillwynella (Genus)
> lignicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Teinostoma (Dillwynella) Dall, 1889
Images: Dillwynella lignicola B.A. Marshall, 1988
Holotype, collected 23 Nov 1981, NW of Orete Point, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.075121). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Dillwynella (Genus)
> lignicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Teinostoma (Dillwynella) Dall, 1889
Details: Dillwynella lignicola B.A. Marshall, 1988
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm, Width 4.05mm
Distribution:
N & central NZ, Chatham Islands, deep, living on wood
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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 (p.950) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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