Zalipais bruniense
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Zalipais |
Species: | Z. bruniense
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Binomial name | |
Zalipais bruniense Beddome, 1883
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Synonyms | |
Unknown bruniense Beddome, 1883 |
Zalipais bruniense is a species of microscopic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to Australia, occurring off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and in the Bass Strait.
References
[edit]- Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.