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