Zalipais benthicola

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

Zalipais benthicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Zalipais
Species:
Z. benthicola
Binomial name
Zalipais benthicola
Powell, 1927

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Zalipais benthicola. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598343 on 2012-09-08
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254.


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