| Diloma samoaense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Diloma |
| Species: | D. samoaense |
| Binomial name | |
| Diloma samoaense Schwabe & Barclay, 2003 | |
Diloma Samoaense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Diloma Samoaense got its name from the Samoan islands where it first originated
Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Tutuila, the largest and the main island of American Samoa in the archipelago of Samoan Islands.
References
- Schwabe & Barclay. 2003. Novapex 4 (1): 29–32. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- Diloma samoaense Schwabe & Barclay, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
External links
- "Diloma samoaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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| Diloma samoaensis | |
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