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Dillwynella lignicola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Skeneidae

Dillwynella lignicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

Contents

The epithet "lignicola" means "living on wood".

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diamter 4.05 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and is found off the Chatham Islands at depths between 1075 m and 1100 m.

References

Dillwynella lignicola Wikipedia