Liotella polypleura
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| Liotella polypleura (Hedley, 1904) |
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Liotia polypleura Hedley, 1904 |
Liotella polypleura 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 including its Sub-Antarctic Islands.
[edit] Habitat
This snail is found at depths of between 20 and 90 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is minute, pale buff, depressed-turbinate, and is widely umbilicated, strongly sculptured with prominent, sharp, flexuous axial ribs, 16 to 18 on the last whorl. The interstices are smooth.
Shell height is up to 0.6 mm, and the width is up to 0.9 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
