Munditia manawatawhia

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Munditia manawatawhia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Cyclostrematidae
Genus: Munditia
Species: M. manawatawhia
Binomial name
Munditia manawatawhia
Powell, 1937

Munditia manawatawhia 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 at the Three Kings Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This species is found at depths of about 475 m.

[edit] Shell description

This species is closely allied to Munditiae owengaensis, differing only in having the four spiral threads more prominent and more widely spaced.

The shell height is up to 0.8 mm, and the width is up to 1.5 mm.

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