Biology:Elaphriella diplax
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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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: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Elaphriella |
| Species: | E. diplax
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| Binomial name | |
| Elaphriella diplax Marshall, 1999[1]
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Elaphriella diplax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
Description
The diameter of the shell is up to 11 mm in width. The shell is white in appearance, is moderately thick, and is wider than it is high.[4] This species is regarded as being distinctive in appearance as it has
suprasutural angulation on the spire whorls, rounded, axially elongate nodules on both the submedian and subsutural angulation, and rounded axial pleats on the inner base.[4]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Mayor Island at depths between 753 m and 826 m.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marshall (1999). The Nautilus 113 (1) : 4–42. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Elaphriella diplax Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2022.
- ↑ "Archiminolia diplax B.A. Marshall, 1999". Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/0421219a-792c-4695-8a63-b4c57dd34295.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Marshall, B. A. (1999). "A revision of the recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region". The Nautilus 113: 4–42. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2016. ISSN 0028-1344. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8270868.
External links
- Image of the holotype specimen held at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Wikidata ☰ Q106307593 entry
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