Dickdellia

Dickdellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zerotulidae
Genus: Dickdellia
Warén & Hain, 1996
Species:
D. labioflecta
Binomial name
Dickdellia labioflecta
(Dell, 1990)
Synonyms[1]
  • Corneolitorina labioflecta (Dell, 1990)
  • Laevilitorina labioflecta Dell, 1990 (original combination)

Dickdellia labioflecta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Zerotulidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1] It is the only species in the genus Dickdellia.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Shetlands and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

References

  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Dickdellia labioflecta (Dell, 1990)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Dickdellia Warén & Hain, 1996". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  • Warén A. & Hain S. (1996) Description of Zerotulidae fam. nov. (Littorinoidea), with comments on an Antarctic littorinid gastropod. The Veliger 39(4): 277–334.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.