Stilla anomala

Stilla anomala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Stilla anomala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Stilla
Species:
S. anomala
Binomial name
Stilla anomala
Powell, 1955

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.6 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Otago, South Island, N of Auckland Islands and off Snares Islands.

References

  1. Stilla anomala Powell, 1955. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Powell, A.W.B. (1955) Mollusca of the southern islands of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Cape Expedition Series Bulletin, 15, 1–151, 5 pls.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone


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