Elaphriella diplax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Elaphriella
Species:
E. diplax
Binomial name
Elaphriella diplax
Marshall, 1999[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Archiminolia diplax (Marshall, 1999)

Elaphriella diplax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Description

The diameter of the shell is up to 11 mm in width. The shell is white in appearance, is moderately thick, and is wider than it is high.[4] This species is regarded as being distinctive in appearance as it has

suprasutural angulation on the spire whorls, rounded, axially elongate nodules on both the submedian and subsutural angulation, and rounded axial pleats on the inner base.[4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Mayor Island at depths between 753 m and 826 m.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Marshall (1999). The Nautilus 113 (1) : 4–42. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Elaphriella diplax Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Archiminolia diplax B.A. Marshall, 1999". www.nzor.org.nz. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Marshall, B. A. (1999). "A revision of the recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region". The Nautilus. 113: 4–42. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2016. ISSN 0028-1344 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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