Lissotestella caelata

Lissotestella caelata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]

Lissotestella caelata
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L. caelata
Binomial name
Lissotestella caelata
Powell, 1937
Synonyms

Lissotesta caelata Powell, 1937

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lissotestella caelata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598320 on 27 March 2013
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • A.W.B. Powell, New species of marine mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Report, National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain, v. 15, 1937


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