Homalopoma rotella
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| Homalopoma rotella (Powell, 1937) |
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Argalista rotella Powell, 1937 |
Homalopoma rotella 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's Three Kings Islands.
[edit] Habitat
This top shell is found at depths of about 260 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is small, white, solid, depressed, and very widely umbilicated. Sculpture consists of very numerous, faint, rounded, linear-spaced threads, and very strong axial folds, confined to the umbilical area, where they terminate in strong crenulations of the encircling basal carina.
The shell height is up to 1.1 mm, and the width is up to 1.6 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
