Biology:Diloma samoaense
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Diloma samoaense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Diloma |
| Species: | D. samoaense
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| Binomial name | |
| Diloma samoaense Schwabe & Barclay, 2003[1]
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Diloma Samoaense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2] Diloma Samoaense got its name from the Samoan islands where it first originated
Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.[citation needed]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Tutuila, the largest and the main island of American Samoa in the archipelago of Samoan Islands.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Schwabe & Barclay. 2003. Novapex 4 (1): 29–32. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Diloma samoaense Schwabe & Barclay, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
External links
- "Diloma samoaensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_24929.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5277020 entry
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