Munditia echinata
| Munditia echinata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Munditia |
| Species: | M. echinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Munditia echinata Powell, 1937
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Munditia echinata is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.[3]
The species is found at depths of about 475 m (1,558 ft).
Description
Its shell is very small, solid, boldly sculptured with three spiral rows of long spines, otherwise the surface is smooth. It is white in colour and up to 0.6 mm high and 1.4 mm wide.
References
- ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Munditia echinata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598277 on 2013-09-14
- ^ Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda
- Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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