Homalopoma crassicostata
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| Homalopoma crassicostata (Murdoch, 1905) |
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Leptothyra crassicostata Murdoch, 1905 |
Homalopoma crassicostata is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand, from Foveaux Strait south.
[edit] Habitat
This top shell is found at depths of about 90 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is very solid, depressed-turbinate, with a small and deep umbilicus. There are a few strong rounded spiral cords, five or six on the penultimate whorl.
Shell coloration is white, occasionally with irregular brownish maculations.
The shell height is up to 2.5 mm, and the width is up to 3.2 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
