Spectamen benthicola explained

Spectamen benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.^[1] The height of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm. This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs around the Three Kings Islands at a depth of 260 m.

References

• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p
• Marshall B.A. (1999). A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. The Nautilus 113(1): 4–42,
• Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254.

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Spectamen benthicola . 1424519 . 23 May 2020.