Acremodontina poutama
Appearance
Acremodontina poutama | |
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Shell of Acremodontina poutama (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: | Trochaclididae |
Genus: | Acremodontina |
Species: | A. poutama
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Binomial name | |
Acremodontina poutama (E. C. Smith, 1962)
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Synonyms | |
Conjectura poutama E. C. Smith, 1962 |
Acremodontina poutama is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochaclididae, the false top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 2.0 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand (off Stewart Island, Snares Islands and Otago)
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Acremodontina poutama (E. C. Smith, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594280 on 2012-12-23
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Marshall, B.A. (1995). Recent and Tertiary Trochaclididae from the Southwest Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger. 38 : 92–115
- Smith, E.C. (1962). Studies in the Stewart Island Mollusca. No. 1. Records of the Dominion Museum. 4: 49–65.