Munditia echinata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Liotiidae |
Subfamily: | Liotiinae |
Genus: | Munditia |
Species: | M. echinata |
Binomial name | |
Munditia echinata Powell, 1937 |
Munditia echinata is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae. It occurs at the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. [1]
The species is found at depths of about 475 m. Its shell is very small, solid, boldly sculptured with three spiral rows of long spines, otherwise the surface is smooth. It is white in colour and up to 0.6 mm high and 1.4 mm wide.