Munditia echinata

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Munditia echinata
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. echinata
Binomial name
Munditia echinata
Powell, 1937

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

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. [3]

The species is found at depths of about 475 m (1,558 ft).[ citation needed ]

Description

Its shell is very small, solid, boldly sculptured with three spiral rows of long spines, otherwise the surface is smooth. It is white in colour and up to 0.6 mm high and 1.4 mm wide.[ citation needed ]

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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 echinata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598277 on 2013-09-14
  3. Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda