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Acremodontina poutama

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Acremodontina poutama
Shell of Acremodontina poutama (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Trochaclididae
Genus: Acremodontina
Species:
A. poutama
Binomial name
Acremodontina poutama
(E. C. Smith, 1962)
Synonyms

Conjectura poutama E. C. Smith, 1962

Acremodontina poutama is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochaclididae, the false top snails.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.0 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand (off Stewart Island, Snares Islands and Otago)

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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