Liotella mackenae
Appearance
Liotella mackenae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Liotella |
Species: | L. mackenae
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Binomial name | |
Liotella mackenae Dell, 1956
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Liotella mackenae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella mackenae Dell, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598364 on 2012-09-11
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1