Lodderena nana

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

Lodderena nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lodderena
Species:
L. nana
Binomial name
Lodderena nana
Powell, 1930

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.46 mm, its diameter 0.72 mm.

Subspecies

  • Lodderena nana nana Powell, 1930
  • Lodderena nana pooki Fleming, 1948

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Lodderena nana Powell, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565299 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


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