Munditia owengaensis

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Munditia owengaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Vetigastropoda Superfamily: Trochoidea Family: Cyclostrematidae Genus: Munditia Species: M. owengaensis
Binomial name
Munditia owengaensis Powell, 1933

Munditia owengaensis is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Habitat 3 Shell description 4 References

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, found at the Chatham Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This species is found at depths of about 18 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is very small, like Munditia manawatawhia but with much weaker spiral threads, the whole series confined to the peripheral area.

The shell height is up to 0.6 mm, and the width is up to 1.1 mm.

[edit] References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1