- Lissotestella rissoaformis
Taxobox
name = "Lissotestella rissoaformis"
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Gastropod a
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Vetigastropoda
superfamilia =Trochoidea
familia =Cyclostrematidae
genus = "Lissotestella "
species = "L. rissoaformis"
binomial = "Lissotestella rissoaformis"
binomial_authority = Powell, 1931
synonyms = "Lissotesta rissoaformis" Powell 1931"Lissotestella rissoaformis" is a
species of minute seasnail , a marinegastropod mollusc in the familyCyclostrematidae .Distribution
This species is endemic to
New Zealand , found off easternOtago , and around theAuckland Islands .Habitat
This snail is found at depths of between 155 and about 550 m.
hell description
The shell is minute, white, elevated-conic, rather solid, with convex whorls, a little flattened below the suture. The aperture is circular, continuous, thin edged, but the outer lip is strengthened by a slight swelling. Sculpture is of very fine spiral lirae and more distant stronger spirals, three to four on the spire-whorls.
Shell height is up to 1.53 mm, and the width is up to 1.2 mm.
References
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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