Munditia delicatula

Munditia delicatula
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Munditia
Species:	M. delicatula
Binomial name
Munditia delicatula Powell, 1940

Munditia delicatula is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae, found only in New Zealand. ^[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.

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. Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1

External links

• Munditia delicatula; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961; Volume 70, p. 219; 1940-41