Argalista nana

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Argalista nana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Argalista
Species:
A. nana
Binomial name
Argalista nana
Finlay, 1930 [1]

Argalista nana is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. A. nana reaches a width of 2.5mm and a height of 0.9mm. [2] [3] [4]

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found from Three Kings Island to Northland. [5] [6] [7]

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References

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