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'''''Zeidora maoria''''' is a small [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] of the [[family (biology)| |
'''''Zeidora maoria''''' is a small [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Fissurellidae]], one of the keyhole limpets. |
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==Distribution== |
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This limpet is [[endemism|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]], found around New Zealand's [[Three Kings Islands]]. |
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==Habitat== |
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This species lives at depths of about 260 [[metre|m]]. |
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==Shell description== |
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Coloration is white. |
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Maximum shell height is 0.9 [[millimetre|mm]], and length 2.9 mm. |
Maximum shell height is 0.9 [[millimetre|mm]], and length 2.9 mm. |
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| Zeidora maoria Powell, 1937
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Zeidora maoria is a small marine gastropod mollusc of the family Fissurellidae, one of the keyhole limpets.
Distribution
This limpet is endemic to New Zealand, found around New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.
Habitat
This species lives at depths of about 260 m.
Shell description
The shell is very small and narrow, with subparallel sides, sculptured with fine dense divaricating radials, crossed by equally fine concentric lirae. The rectangular interspaces are twice as long as they are broad.
Coloration is white.
Maximum shell height is 0.9 mm, and length 2.9 mm.
References
- Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1