Dickdellia
| Dickdellia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Zerotulidae |
| Genus: | Dickdellia Warén & Hain, 1996 |
| Species: | D. labioflecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Dickdellia labioflecta (Dell, 1990) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dickdellia labioflecta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Zerotulidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1] It is the only species in the genus Dickdellia.[2]
Description
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The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 7.5 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the South Shetlands and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
References
[edit]- 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Dickdellia labioflecta (Dell, 1990)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Dickdellia Warén & Hain, 1996". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- Warén A. & Hain S. (1996) Description of Zerotulidae fam. nov. (Littorinoidea), with comments on an Antarctic littorinid gastropod. The Veliger 39(4): 277–334.
- Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
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