Zalipais parva
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Zalipais parva is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand's Stewart Island.
[edit] Habitat
This snail is found at shallow depths on seaweed.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is minute, thin, depressed-turbinate, semi-transparent, smooth,and umbilicated. The operculum is horny and circular, with a central nucleus.
Shell coloration is dull white.
Shell height is up to 0.75 mm, and the width is up to 1.05 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
