Liotella aupouria
| Liotella aupouria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Liotella |
| Species: | L. aupouria
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| Binomial name | |
| Liotella aupouria Powell, 1937
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Liotella aupouria is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 0.6 mm, its diameter 1.2 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands at a depth of 260 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella aupouria Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598362 on 2012-09-11
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254