Liotella mackenae

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Liotella mackenae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Liotella
Species:
L. mackenae
Binomial name
Liotella mackenae
Dell, 1956

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

Description[]

The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Islands.

References[]

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella mackenae Dell, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598364 on 2012-09-11
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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