Lodderia waitemata
| Lodderia waitemata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Lodderia |
| Species: | L. waitemata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lodderia waitemata (Powell, 1940) | |
Lodderia waitemata is a minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
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The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.5 mm. Shell is closely related to the Lodderia iota but more strongly biangulate and with fewer axial threads. It has a notable characteristic of a smooth dome-shaped protoconch of one whorl. In spite of their minute size they seem to conform fairly well to the genus Lodderia.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island.
References
[edit]- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lodderia waitemata Powell, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598330 on 2012-09-12
- ↑ Powell, A. W. B. (December 1940). "The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 70: 220.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254