Munditia manawatawhia

Munditia manawatawhia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Subfamily: Liotiinae
Genus: Munditia
Species: M. manawatawhia
Binomial name
Munditia manawatawhia
Powell, 1937

Munditia manawatawhia is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.

Description

The height of the smooth shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. This very small, white shell has a discoidal shape and wide umbilicus. It contains 2½ rapidly increasing whorls. The aperture is circular.[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It is known from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.[2]

References


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