Liotella aupouria

Liotella aupouria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Liotella
Species: L. aupouria
Binomial name
Liotella aupouria
Powell, 1937

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.6 mm, its diameter 1.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands at a depth of 260 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella aupouria Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598362 on 2012-09-11


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