Leuconopsis obsoleta

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Leuconopsis obsoleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Actophila
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Carychiidae
Genus: Leuconopsis
Species: L. obsoleta
Binomial name
Leuconopsis obsoleta
(Hutton, 1878)
Synonyms

Leuconia obsoleta Hutton, 1878
Leuconia inermis Suter, 1913
Leuconopsis obsoleta Powell, 1933

Leuconopsis obsoleta is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Carychiidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This snail lives in the high tidal zone, under stones and amongst sea grass in muddy situations.

[edit] Description

The shell is minute, dull white beneath a very thin pale brown periostracum, and the surface is finely spirally striated.

The radula consists of an inverted Y-shaped central tooth with one large main cusp, 39 laterals, each of which has two long cusps, and 16 marginals each with three long cusps.

Height is up to 3 mm, and the width is up to 1.7 mm.

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