Munditia delicatula
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| Munditia delicatula Powell, 1940 |
Munditia delicatula is a 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 between Spirits Bay and the Three Kings Islands.
[edit] Habitat
This species is found at depths of about 50 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is very small, discoid, glossy, with a smooth surface, not radially striated. The sculptured is dominantly axial, about 15 rather lamellate ribs on the last whorl, crossed by only two spirals, a weak one at the shoulder angle, and a stronger one at about the middle of the base.
Shell coloration is white.
The shell height is up to 0.5 mm, and the width is up to 1.05 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
