Zalipais inscripta

Zalipais inscripta
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Zalipais inscripta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Zalipais
Species: Z. inscripta
Binomial name
Zalipais inscripta
(Tate, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema inscripta Tate, 1899
  • Zalipais laseroni Kershaw, 1955

Zalipais inscripta is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.2 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm. The minute, very fragile shell has a discoidal shape. It is diaphanous and widely umbilicated. The spire is flat, not rising above the plane of the last whorl. The four whorls are convex, with a gentle antesutural slope. The surface of the shell is smooth and shining, but incremental striae are visible under magnification. The aperture is roundly oval, a little wider than high. The peristome of the holotype is incomplete.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria.

References

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