''Dillwynella planorbis'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
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 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
''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 ma ...
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
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.
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 GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)To World Register of Marine Species
planorbis
Gastropods described in 1997
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