Munditia manawatawhia

Munditia manawatawhia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Munditia
Species:	M. manawatawhia
Binomial name
	Munditia manawatawhia; Powell, 1937

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

Description edit

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 edit

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

References edit

^ A.W.B. Powell, The Molluscan Fauna of Northern New Zealand; Discovery reports v. 15 (1937)
^ 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. Collins. ISBN 0002169061.

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[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

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