Lissotestella consobrina

Taxobox
name = "Lissotestella consobrina"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Vetigastropoda
superfamilia = Trochoidea
familia = Cyclostrematidae
genus = "Lissotestella"
species = "L. consobrina"
binomial = "Lissotestella consobrina"
binomial_authority = Powell 1940
synonyms = "Lissotesta consobrina" Powell 1940

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, found around the Three Kings Islands.

Habitat

This snail is found at depths of about 185 m.

hell description

The shell is minute, moderately solid, globose-, sculptured with strong narrow spiral ridges, three on the spire-whorls, the uppermost defining a broad shoulder area; four weaker and closer spaced spirals on the upper base, and two rather strong cords bordering a narrow crescentic umbilicus.

The shell height is up to 0.85 mm, and the width is up to 0.7 mm.

References

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