Munditia delicatula

Munditia delicatula is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae, found only in New Zealand.[1]

Munditia delicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Liotiidae
Subfamily:
Liotiinae
Genus:
Munditia
Species:
M. delicatula
Binomial name
Munditia delicatula
Powell, 1940

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.

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References
  1. Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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