Liotella mackenae
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| Liotella mackenae Dell, 1956) |
Liotella mackenae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand's Chatham Islands.
[edit] Habitat
This snail is found at depths of about 240 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is minute, white, sub-discoidal, similar to Liotella rotula, except for the raised spire, and downward trend of the last half-whorl. There are 36 axials on the last whorl, but 12 of them are bunched on the last quarter-whorl. The interspaces have fine spiral lirae.
Shell height is up to 1.3 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
