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Dillwynella
''Dillwynella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Skeneidae. The genus name of ''Dillwynella'' is in honour of Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778 – 1855), who was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Whig Member of Parliament (MP). Description The minute, depressed, porcellanous Gastropod shell, shell has a thin horny Operculum (gastropod), operculum. It consists of comparatively few Whorl (mollusc), whorls. The shell is imperforate, but with a depression bounded by a riblet in the umbilical rib outside of the Columella (gastropod), columella. The few whorls have a thin fugacious epidermis. The outer Lip (gastropod), lip is thin . The Columella (gastropod), columella has no teeth, projections, or folds, passing smoothly into the anterior margin. Species Species within the genus ''Dillwynella'' include: * † ''Dillwynella aulacophora'' Cossmann, 1913 Cossmann (1915), Révision des scaphopodes, gastropodes et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella
''Dillwynella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Skeneidae. The genus name of ''Dillwynella'' is in honour of Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778 – 1855), who was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Whig Member of Parliament (MP). Description The minute, depressed, porcellanous Gastropod shell, shell has a thin horny Operculum (gastropod), operculum. It consists of comparatively few Whorl (mollusc), whorls. The shell is imperforate, but with a depression bounded by a riblet in the umbilical rib outside of the Columella (gastropod), columella. The few whorls have a thin fugacious epidermis. The outer Lip (gastropod), lip is thin . The Columella (gastropod), columella has no teeth, projections, or folds, passing smoothly into the anterior margin. Species Species within the genus ''Dillwynella'' include: * † ''Dillwynella aulacophora'' Cossmann, 1913 Cossmann (1915), Révision des scaphopodes, gastropodes et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Modesta
''Dillwynella modesta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Dillwynella modesta'' (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581652 on 2012-09-01Kunze T. (2011) Dillwynella voightae new species, a new skeneimorph gastropod (Turbinidae) from the western Atlantic and a new record of Dillwynella modesta (Dall, 1889). The Nautilus 125(1): 36-40. (24 March 2011) Description The height of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 4 mm. The smooth, whitish shell is covered with an extremely thin epidermis which rises in microscopic blisters. The rounded, depressed spire has a distinct suture. It consists of three or four whorls. The sculpture shows faint lines of growth except on the base where a single rounded riblet or carina bounds a somewhat concave lunate space outside of the polished columella. The thin, sharp outer lip has a moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Vitrea
''Dillwynella vitrea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. Description The height of the shell attains 3 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan. References * Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). ''Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp. * Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) ''Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined''. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506. * Kunze T. (2011) ''Dillwynella voightae new species, a new skeneimorph gastropod (Turbinidae) from the western Atlantic and a new record of Dillwynella modesta (Dall, 1889).'' The Nautilus 125(1): 36–40 External links * vitrea ''Vitrea'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pristilomatidae. According to the World Register of Marine Species this ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Texana
''Dillwynella texana'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. Description The shell contains four, spiral, smooth and shining whorls. The body whorl The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk. In gastropods In gastropods, the b ... is nearly smooth but showing a slight tendency to bear furrows or lines radiating from the suture. The umbilicus is small. The aperture is round. Distribution This marine species was found as a fossil in the Lower Claiborne Eocene, Texas. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q16981364 texana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Voightae
''Dillwynella voightae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ....Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Dillwynella voightae'' Kunze, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581654 on 2012-09-01 Distribution This marine species occurs on the bottom of the sea on wood falls and sunken algal holdfasts in the Caribbean Sea and in the Pacific Ocean. References External links To World Register of Marine Species voightae Gastropods described in 2011 {{Trochoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Planorbis
''Dillwynella planorbis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.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 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 Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... References *Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). ''Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Haptricola
''Dillwynella haptricola'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ....Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Dillwynella haptricola'' B.A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581656 on 2012-09-01 Description The height of the shell attains 3.2 mm, its diameter 3.6 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and is found at depths between 1073 m and 1116 metres. References * 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: 94 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Fallax
''Dillwynella fallax'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Dillwynella fallax'' Hasegawa, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581659 on 2012-09-01 Description The size of the shell attains 4 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan and in the East China Sea The East China Sea is an arm of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. It covers an area of roughly . The sea’s northern extension between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula is the Yellow Sea, separated b .... References * Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). ''Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp. External links * To World Register of Marine Species fallax Gastropods described in 1997 {{Trochoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Sheisinmaruae
''Dillwynella sheisinmaruae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Dillwynella sheisinmaruae'' Hasegawa, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581660 on 2012-09-01 Description The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3.5 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... References * Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). ''Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp. External links * To World Register of Marine Species sheisinmaruae Gastropods described in 1997 {{Trochoidea- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Houzeaui
''Dillwynella houzeaui'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. Cossmann (1913), Révision des scaphopodes, gastropodes et céphalopodes du montien de Belgique; Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histroire Naturelle de Belgique 1913 p. 36 Description The height of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm. The rather small, nacreous shell is wider than high. The surface appears perfectly smooth and glazed with traces of brown wavy lines. The depressed spire has a conoidal shape. It consists of four barely co ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillwynella Aulacophora
''Dillwynella aulacophora'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. Cossmann (1913), Révision des scaphopodes, gastropodes et céphalopodes du montien de Belgique; Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histroire Naturelle de Belgique 1913 p. 36 Description The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 5 mm. The rather small shell had a trochoid shape. The surface appears smooth and shiny. The depressed spire consists of four or five subangular |
Dillwynella Ingens
''Dillwynella ingens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ....Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Dillwynella ingens'' B.A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581657 on 2012-09-01 Description The height of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its diameter 5.65 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand, found off the Chatham Islands at a depth of 1140 m. References * 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: 949-1004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |