Biology:Zalipais parva

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Zalipais parva
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Zalipais
Species:
Z. parva
Binomial name
Zalipais parva
Finlay, 1924

Zalipais parva is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[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

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q7989008 entry