Lissotesta conoidea
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| Lissotesta conoidea Powell, 1937 |
Lissotesta conoidea 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 minute, tall-conical, thin, semi-transparent, and white. The outline of the whorls is lightly convex, smooth, except for moderate oblique axial growth lines. The umbilicus is narrow but deep.
The shell height is up to 1.4 mm, and the width is up to 1 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
