Brookula contigua
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| Brookula contigua Powell, 1940 |
Brookula contigua is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.
[edit] Habitat
This snail is found at depths of about 185 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is minute, depressed-turbinate, rather widely umbilicate, sculptured with heavy axial ribs, about 19 on the body whorl, and distinct closely spaced, spiral lirae.
The species resembles Brookula annectens, but is more depressed, has a wider umbilicus, and much heavier axials.
Shell height is up to 0.8 mm, and the width is up to 1 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
