Zalipais parva

Zalipais parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Skeneidae
Genus:Zalipais
Species: Z. parva
Binomial name
Zalipais parva
Finlay, 1924

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

Description

The vitreous-white, very minute shell has a discoidal shape and a flat spire. The shell is smooth and perforate with some growth lines. The protoconch consists of one whorl, rather large and with a bulbous shape.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ Auckland Museum Site: Zalipais parva
  2. ↑ H.J. Finlay, Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand v.55 1924
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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