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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: MONODONTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Monodontinae (Subfamily)
> Diloma (Genus)
> bicanaliculatum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anisodiloma Finlay, 1926
=Cavodiloma Finlay, 1926
=Fractarmilla Finlay, 1926
=Melagraphia Gray, 1847
=Monodonta (Neodiloma) P. Fischer, 1885
=Neodiloma P. Fischer, 1885
=Trochus (Diloma) Philippi, 1845
=Zediloma Finlay, 1926
=Zediloma (Fractarmilla) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Anisodiloma lugubris lenior Finlay, 1926
=Monodonta lugubris var. albina Mestayer, 1927
=Trochus bernardii Récluz, 1852
=Trochus bicanaliculatus Dunker, 1844
=Trochus cingulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
=Trochus gaimardi Philippi, 1851
=Trochus sulcatus W. Wood, 1828
Images: Diloma bicanaliculatum (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
Under rocks, Matai Bay, Northland, NZ. 18mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: MONODONTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Monodontinae (Subfamily)
> Diloma (Genus)
> bicanaliculatum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anisodiloma Finlay, 1926
=Cavodiloma Finlay, 1926
=Fractarmilla Finlay, 1926
=Melagraphia Gray, 1847
=Monodonta (Neodiloma) P. Fischer, 1885
=Neodiloma P. Fischer, 1885
=Trochus (Diloma) Philippi, 1845
=Zediloma Finlay, 1926
=Zediloma (Fractarmilla) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Anisodiloma lugubris lenior Finlay, 1926
=Monodonta lugubris var. albina Mestayer, 1927
=Trochus bernardii Récluz, 1852
=Trochus bicanaliculatus Dunker, 1844
=Trochus cingulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
=Trochus gaimardi Philippi, 1851
=Trochus sulcatus W. Wood, 1828
Details: Diloma bicanaliculatum (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
Size/Grows to:
Width 18mm, Height 17mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. Under stones at low tide
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Williams, S.T., Karube, S., Ozawa, T. 2008 Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined, Zoologica Scripta, 37 (p.487)
  • Donald, K.M., Kennedy, M., Spencer, H.G. 2005 The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 37 (p.482)
  • Willan, R.C., Marshall, B.A., Climo, F.M., Cernohorsky, W.O. 1980 Rectification of nomenclature for Melagraphia aethiops (Gmelin) and Diloma bicanaliculata (Dunker) (Mollusca: Trochidae), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 14 (p.414)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.54)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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