Lissotesta ambigua

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Lissotesta ambigua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Cyclostrematidae
Genus: Lissotesta
Species: L. ambigua
Binomial name
Lissotesta ambigua
Dell, 1956

Lissotesta ambigua is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, found around the Chatham Islands and the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This snail is found at depths of between 220 and 640 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is large for the genus, tall-turbinate, fragile, white, with a moderate umbilicus. The only sculpture consists of irregular obscure spiral grooves and axial growth lines.

The shell height is up to 2.4 mm, and the width is 1.9 mm.

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