Zeidora maoria is a species of small sea snail, specifically a keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]
| Zeidora maoria | |
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| Shell of Zeidora maoria (specimen at Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Zeidora |
| Species: | Z. maoria
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| Binomial name | |
| Zeidora maoria Powell, 1937
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its height 0.9 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zeidora maoria Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577653 on 2023-11-07
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
External links edit
- Powell, A. W. B. (1937). New species of marine Mollusca from New Zealand. Discovery Reports. 15: 153–222, pls 45–56.
- Aldea, C.; Zelaya, D. G. & Troncoso, J. S. (2011). A new gigantic species of Zeidora Adams, 1860 from Antarctic waters (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). The Nautilus. 125(2): 79-82
- Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1