Brookula enderbyensis
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| Brookula enderbyensis Powell, 1931 |
Brookula enderbyensis 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 Auckland Islands.
[edit] Habitat
This snail is found at depths of about 160 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is smaller than Brookula corulum, more broadly turbinate, but still with a moderately elevated spire, equal to the height of the aperture. The sculpture consists of strong, broad, flat-topped axials, about 17 on the last whorl. The surface is smooth above, but with traces of exceedingly fine spiral striae on the base. The umbilicus is narrow, but deep.
Shell height is up to 1.17 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
