Liotella mackenae

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

Liotella mackenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Liotella
Species:
L. mackenae
Binomial name
Liotella mackenae
Dell, 1956

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Islands.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella mackenae Dell, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598364 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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