Scissurella manawatawhia

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Scissurella manawatawhia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Prosobranchia Order: Archaeogastropoda Superfamily: Pleurotomariacea Family: Scissurellidae Genus: Scissurella Species: S. manawatawhia
Binomial name
Scissurella manawatawhia Powell, 1937

Scissurella manawatawhia is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Habitat 3 Shell description 4 References

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This scissurellid is found at depths of about 475 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is minute, white, obliquely ovate. The axials extend from the suture to the slight, narrow umbilicus, interrupted only by the selenizone, which scarcely shoulders the whorls. There are 16 axials on the last whorl, with spiral threads in the interspaces.

The shell height is up to 1.05 mm, and width 1 mm.

[edit] References

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