Lissotesta aupouria
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| Lissotesta aupouria Powell, 1937 |
Lissotesta aupouria 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, found around the Three Kings Islands.
[edit] Habitat
This snail is found at depths of about 260 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is small, thin, white, broadly turbinate, with canaliculate sutures, rather sagging whorls, and a very wide umbilicus. Sculpture consists of numerous, rather irregular axial threads, that become obsolete upon entering the umbilicus. The aperture is oblique D-shaped, with a continuous thin-edged peristome.
The shell height is up to 1.9 mm, and the width is up to 1.9 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
