Biology:Orbitestella parva
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Orbitestellidae |
| Genus: | Orbitestella |
| Species: | O. parva
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| Binomial name | |
| Orbitestella parva Finlay, 1924
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Orbitestella parva is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Orbitestellidae.[1]
Description
The vitreous-white, very minute shell has a discoidal shape and a flat spire. The shell is smooth and perforate with some growth lines. The protoconch consists of one whorl, rather large and with a bulbous shape.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- ↑ "Orbitestella parva". Auckland War Memorial Museum. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-225034.
- ↑ H.J. Finlay, Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand v.55 1924
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Wikidata ☰ Q13961813 entry
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