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Liotella indigens

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Liotella indigens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Liotella
Species:
L. indigens
Binomial name
Liotella indigens
Finlay, 1927

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

Description

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The height of the shell attains 0.55 mm, its diameter 0.95 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella indigens Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598363 on 2012-09-11
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1