Munditia manawatawhia

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Munditia manawatawhia
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. manawatawhia
Binomial name
Munditia manawatawhia
Powell, 1937

Munditia manawatawhia is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.

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Description

The height of the smooth shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. This very small, white shell has a discoidal shape and wide umbilicus. It contains 2½ rapidly increasing whorls. The aperture is circular. [2]

Distribution

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

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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. A.W.B. Powell, The Molluscan Fauna of Northern New Zealand; Discovery reports v. 15 (1937)
  3. Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda