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
- Arthur William Baden Powell (1979). New Zealand mollusca: marine, land, and freshwater shells. ISBN 0002169061.
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