Fissurisepta manawatawhia

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Fissurisepta manawatawhia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurisepta
Species: F. manawatawhia
Binomial name
Fissurisepta manawatawhia
(Powell, 1937)

Fissurisepta manawatawhia is a species of keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, around Three Kings Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This keyhole limpet is found at depths of about 475 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is minute, conical, oval, thin, with almost straight sides. The perforation is roughly diamond-shaped, almost central, with an incurved spiral nucleus at the top of the posterior slope, and internally with a narrow septum half covering the opening. Sculpture consists of radial series of minute triangular projecting scales.

Coloration is dull white.

The shell height is up to 0.8 mm, width up to 1.5 mm, and length up to 1.5 mm.

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