Homalopoma micans
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| Homalopoma micans (Powell, 1931) |
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Argalista micans Powell, 1931 |
Homalopoma micans is a species of minute deepwater sea snail with a calcareous operculum, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand's Southern Islands.
[edit] Habitat
This shell is found at depths of between 90 and 155 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is very small, depressed, solid, smooth and polished. The aperture is circular, effuse at termination of the columellar lip. The umbilicus is wide, bordered by a carina, and with two further spirals within.
Shell coloration is white.
The shell height is up to 1.13 mm, and the width is up to 1.43 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
