Amphithalamus maoria
| Amphithalamus maoria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Anabathridae |
| Genus: | Amphithalamus |
| Species: | A. maoria
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphithalamus maoria (Ponder, 1968)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Notoscrobs (Microfossa) incidata maoria Ponder, 1968 (superseded combination) | |
Amphithalamus maoria is a species of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Anabathridae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 1.56 mm, its diameter 0.91 mm.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island.
References
- ^ a b Amphithalamus maoria (Ponder, 1968). 22 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Powell, A.W.B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Auckland: Collins. p. 109.
- Ponder, W.F. (1968). "Notes on New Zealand prosobranchs with descriptions of new species and subspecies". Records of the Dominion Museum. 6: 119.
- Walton, K.; Marshall, B. A.; Spencer, H. G. (2023). "Chapter 14: Kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca (clams, slugs, snails, cephalopods, & kin)". In Kelly, M.; Mills, S.; Terezow, M.; Sim-Smith, C.; Nelson, W. (eds.). The Marine Biota of Aotearoa New Zealand. Updating our marine biodiversity inventory. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. Vol. 136. p. 215–236 [227].