Munditia anomala
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Munditia |
| Species: | M. anomala |
| Binomial name | |
| Munditia anomala (Powell, 1940) | |
Munditia anomala is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.[2]
Description
The shell of this species reaches a height of approximately 0.45 mm and a diameter of about 1 mm, making it one of the smaller marine gastropods. The shell exhibits a turbiniform or discoidal shape, characteristic of the Liotiidae family. The aperture is circular and feebly nacreous, with a thickened outer lip that is continuous and attached to the body whorl for a short length. The operculum is multispiral, horny, and hispid, with a soft, calcareous outer layer formed of pearly beads disposed spirally.
Distribution
It occurs at Tom Bowling Bay, North Island, New Zealand.[3]
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 anomala. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598275 on 2013-09-14
- ^ Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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