Lodderena
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| Lodderena Fossil range: Miocene to Recent |
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Lodderena is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cyclostrematidae.
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[edit] Distribution
Members of this genus are found in southeastern Australia and New Zealand.
[edit] Description
The shells are minute, solid, depressed-turbinate, widely umbilicated, the spiral sculpture consisting of very strong keels, more or less peripheral, and a surface cover of dense lirations.
[edit] Species within the genus Lodderena
- Lodderena catenoides
- Lodderena formosa Powell, 1930
- Lodderena janetmayae
- Lodderena minima
- Lodderena nana nana Powell, 1930
- Lodderena nana pooki Fleming, 1948
- Lodderena ornatus
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- GBIF
- ZipCodeZoo
