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| Munditia delicatula Powell, 1940
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Munditia delicatula is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand, found between Spirits Bay and the Three Kings Islands.
Habitat
This species is found at depths of about 50 m.
Shell description
The shell is very small, discoid, glossy, with a smooth surface, not radially striated. The sculptured is dominantly axial, about 15 rather lamellate ribs on the last whorl, crossed by only two spirals, a weak one at the shoulder angle, and a stronger one at about the middle of the base.
Shell coloration is white.
The shell height is up to 0.5 mm, and the width is up to 1.05 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1