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
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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