Liotella indigens

Liotella indigens is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Liotella indigens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Liotella
Species:
L. indigens
Binomial name
Liotella indigens
Finlay, 1927

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.55 mm, its diameter 0.95 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella indigens Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598363 on 2012-09-11
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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