Omphalorissa purchasi

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Omphalorissa purchasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Neritopsina
Order: Neritoida
Superfamily: Hydrocenoidea
Family: Hydrocenidae
Genus: Omphalorissa
Species: O. purchasi
Binomial name
Omphalorissa purchasi
(Pfeiffer, 1862)
Synonyms

Hydrocena purchasi Pfeiffer, 1862

Omphalorissa purchasi is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrocenidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This snail is found in very moist situations such as on ferns, and under stones and rotten logs in forests.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is minute, globose-conical, thin, imperforate, smooth, except for very fine growth lines.

Shell coloration is yellowish-horny, with a thin shining periostracum.

Shell height is up to 2 mm, and the width is up to 1 mm.

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