Spectamen luteolum
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| Spectamen luteolum (Powell, 1937) |
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Zeminolia luteolum Powell, 1937 |
Spectamen luteolum is a small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand.
[edit] Habitat
This deepwater top shell lives at depths of about 260 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is depressed, smooth, except for faint spirals on the early post-nuclear whorls, and a single prominent spiral ridge bordering the wide and deep umbilicus.
The external shell coloration is lemon-yellow, merging into pinkish-buff, and with widely spaced narrow chevrons of light red.
The shell height is up to 4 mm, and the width is up to 5.5 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
