Conjectura glabella

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Conjectura glabella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Cyclostrematidae
Genus: Conjectura
Species: C. glabella
Binomial name
Conjectura glabella
(Murdoch, 1908)
Synonyms

Crossea glabella Murdoch, 1908

Conjectura glabella is a very small sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, from Otago in the South Island south including New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands.

[edit] Habitat

This snail is found at depths of between 25 and 55 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is very small, turbinate, white, shining and smooth, except for two strong sharp keels bordering the umbilicus.

The shell height is up to 1.97 mm, and the width is up to 1.94 mm.

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