Lissotesta granum

Taxobox
name = "Lissotesta granum"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Vetigastropoda
superfamilia = Trochoidea
familia = Cyclostrematidae
genus = "Lissotesta"
species = "L. granum"
binomial = "Lissotesta granum"
binomial_authority = (Murdoch and Suter, 1906
synonyms = "Cirsonella granum" Murdoch and Suter, 1906

"Lissotesta granum" is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, found about 15 miles east of Great Barrier Island.

Habitat

This snail is found at depths of about 200 m.

hell description

The shell is minute, thin, white, , smooth except for traces of obsolete spirals on the body whorl. The species resembles "Lissotesta errata" but lacks the spirals within the umbilicus.

The shell height is up to 1.75 mm, and the width is up to 1.75 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1