Zalipais benthicola

Zalipais benthicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Zalipais
Species:	Z. benthicola
Binomial name
Zalipais benthicola Powell, 1927

Zalipais benthicola is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae ^[1] endemic to New Zealand.

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in Southern-eastern part of South Island,Auckland,Antipodes Islands, Bounty Islands and Chatham Islands and are endemic to New Zealand. ^[2]

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Zalipais benthicola. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598343 on 2012-09-08
2. "NZ Mollusca - Zalipais benthicola". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-10-06.

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
• Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254.