Lodderena formosa

Lodderena formosa is a minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Lodderena formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lodderena
Species:
L. formosa
Binomial name
Lodderena formosa
Powell, 1930
Synonyms

Lodderia formosa Powell, 1930

Description

The height of this shell attains 0.75 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Lodderena formosa Powell, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565298 on 2013-11-02
  • Powell A.W.B. (1930) New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: 536-546. page(s): 541
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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