Marinula filholi

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Marinula filholi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Actophila
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Carychiidae
Genus: Marinula
Species: M. filholi
Binomial name
Marinula filholi
(H. and A. Adams, 1854)
Synonyms

Marinula chathamensis Finlay, 1928

Marinula filholi is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Carychiidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This snail lives in the splash zone on shaded rocks, under stones amongst Salicornia, or with rushes.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is elongate-ovate, solid, and smooth. The aperture is large with three strong plaits on the spreading inner lip callus, the uppermost very strong and the lowest slight.

Coloration is uniform, varying from white to reddish-brown.

Height is up to 11 mm, and the width is up to 6 mm.

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