Biology:Lodderena formosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Lodderena formosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Genus: Lodderena
Species:
L. formosa
Binomial name
Lodderena formosa
Powell, 1930
Synonyms

Lodderia formosa Powell, 1930

Lodderena formosa is a minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The height of this shell attains 0.75 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Lodderena formosa Powell, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565298 on 2013-11-02
  • Powell A.W.B. (1930) New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: 536-546. page(s): 541
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q3139120 entry