Lissotestella tenuilirata
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| Lissotestella tenuilirata Powell, 1931 |
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Lissotesta tenuilirata Powell 1931 |
Lissotestella tenuilirata 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 off eastern Otago, and around the Auckland Islands and the Chatham Islands.
[edit] Habitat
This snail is found at depths of between 155 and about 550 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is minute, rather solid, with evenly convex whorls, broader than Lissotestella rissoaformis, and with more numerous spiral lirae. The outer lip is strengthened by a variciform swelling.
Shell height is up to 1.46 mm, and the width is up to 1.46 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
