Lodderia waitemata

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Lodderia waitemata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lodderia
Species:
L. waitemata
Binomial name
Lodderia waitemata
(Powell, 1940)

Lodderia waitemata is a minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae. [1]

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Description

The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lodderia waitemata Powell, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598330 on 2012-09-12