Zalipais bruniense
| Zalipais bruniense | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Zalipais |
| Species: | Z. bruniense |
| Binomial name | |
| Zalipais bruniense Beddome, 1883 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Unknown bruniense Beddome, 1883 | |
Zalipais bruniense is a species of microscopic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia, occurring off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and in the Bass Strait.
References
- Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, January 07, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.