Biology:Lodderia iota

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Lodderia iota
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gastropoda
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Binomial name
Lodderia iota
(Powell, 1940)

Lodderia iota is a minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.55 mm, its diameter 0.65 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lodderia iota. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598329 on 2012-09-12
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3172953 entry