Munditia echinata

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Munditia echinata
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. echinata
Binomial name
Munditia echinata
Powell, 1937

Munditia echinata is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Distribution[edit]

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

The species is found at depths of about 475 m.

Description[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Munditia echinata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598277 on 2013-09-14
  2. ^ Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda
  • Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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