Munditia anomala

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Munditia anomala
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Status NZTCS NU.svg
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Munditia
Species:
M. anomala
Binomial name
Munditia anomala
(Powell, 1940)

Munditia anomala is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae. [2]

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Description

The shell of this species reaches a height of approximately 0.45 mm and a diameter of about 1 mm, making it one of the smaller marine gastropods. The shell exhibits a turbiniform or discoidal shape, characteristic of the Liotiidae family. The aperture is circular and feebly nacreous, with a thickened outer lip that is continuous and attached to the body whorl for a short length. The operculum is multispiral, horny, and hispid, with a soft, calcareous outer layer formed of pearly beads disposed spirally.

Distribution

It occurs at Tom Bowling Bay, North Island, New Zealand. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 30. ISBN   978-1-99-118365-1 . Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Munditia anomala. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598275 on 2013-09-14
  3. ↑ Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda


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