Diloma aridum

Diloma aridum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Diloma
Species:
D. aridum
Binomial name
Diloma aridum
(Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Diloma coracina Suter, H., 1909
  • Monodonta coracina Suter, 1913
  • Zediloma arida Finlay, 1927

Diloma aridum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae. This species is a part of the broader genus Diloma that engrosses other marine gastropods like Diloma aethiops and Diloma bicanaliculatum.

Diloma aridum is primarily found on sheltered mid-tidal rocks in the Chatham Islands and Auckland Islands and is habitual to specific regions in New Zealand.

Description

The height of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter is 17 mm. It is a purplish-black marine snail with pale yellow flecks in appearance.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand and Auckland Islands and occurs on sheltered mid-tidal rocks.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). Diloma aridum(Finlay, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546854 on 2014-03-18
  2. ↑ "Diloma R.A.Philippi, 1845". www.gbif.org (in French). Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  3. ↑ Spencer, Hamish G.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Waters, Jonathan M. (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of a new cryptic species of Diloma Philippi (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) from a novel habitat, the bull kelp holdfast communities of southern New Zealand". Invertebrate Systematics. 23 (1): 19. doi:10.1071/is08030. ISSN 1445-5226.
  4. ↑ Powell, A.W.B. New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. p. 53.
  5. 1 2 "NZ Mollusca - Diloma aridum". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-02-10.