Zalipais bruniense

Zalipais bruniense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Skeneidae
Genus:Zalipais
Species: Z. bruniense
Binomial name
Zalipais bruniense
Beddome, 1883
Synonyms

Unknown bruniense Beddome, 1883

Zalipais bruniense is a species of microscopic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia, occurring off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and in the Bass Strait.

References

  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.


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