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| Species: | Z. parva
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| Zalipais parva Finlay, 1924
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Zalipais parva is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand's Stewart Island.
Habitat
This snail is found at shallow depths on seaweed.
Shell description
The shell is minute, thin, depressed-turbinate, semi-transparent, smooth,and umbilicated. The operculum is horny and circular, with a central nucleus.
Shell coloration is dull white.
Shell height is up to 0.75 mm, and the width is up to 1.05 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1