Munditia manawatawhia

Munditia manawatawhia is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.

Munditia manawatawhia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Liotiidae
Subfamily:
Liotiinae
Genus:
Munditia
Species:
M. manawatawhia
Binomial name
Munditia manawatawhia
Powell, 1937

Description

The height of the smooth shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. This very small, white shell has a discoidal shape and wide umbilicus. It contains 2½ rapidly increasing whorls. The aperture is circular.[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It is known from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.[2]

References
  1. A.W.B. Powell, The Molluscan Fauna of Northern New Zealand; Discovery reports v. 15 (1937)
  2. Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda
  • Arthur William Baden Powell (1979). New Zealand mollusca: marine, land, and freshwater shells. ISBN 0002169061.


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