Acremodontina poutama is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochaclididae, the false top snails.[1]
| Acremodontina poutama | |
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| Shell of Acremodontina poutama (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Trochaclididae |
| Genus: | Acremodontina |
| Species: | A. poutama
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| Binomial name | |
| Acremodontina poutama (E. C. Smith, 1962)
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| Synonyms | |
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Conjectura poutama E. C. Smith, 1962 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 2.0 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand (off Stewart Island, Snares Islands and Otago)
References edit
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Acremodontina poutama (E. C. Smith, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594280 on 2012-12-23
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Marshall, B.A. (1995). Recent and Tertiary Trochaclididae from the Southwest Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger. 38 : 92–115
- Smith, E.C. (1962). Studies in the Stewart Island Mollusca. No. 1. Records of the Dominion Museum. 4: 49–65.