Munditia delicatula is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae, found only in New Zealand.[1]

Munditia delicatula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Munditia
Species:
M. delicatula
Binomial name
Munditia delicatula
Powell, 1940

Description

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The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.

References

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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