Munditia manawatawhia

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Munditia manawatawhia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Munditia
Species:
M. manawatawhia
Binomial name
Munditia manawatawhia
Powell, 1937

Munditia manawatawhia is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.

Description[edit]

The height of the smooth shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. This very small, white shell has a discoidal shape and wide umbilicus. It contains 2½ rapidly increasing whorls. The aperture is circular.[1]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It is known from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.[2]

References[edit]

  • Arthur William Baden Powell (1979). New Zealand mollusca: marine, land, and freshwater shells. Collins. ISBN 0002169061.