Brookula enderbyensis

Taxobox
name = "Brookula enderbyensis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Vetigastropoda
superfamilia = Trochoidea
familia = Cyclostrematidae
genus = "Brookula"
species = "B. enderbyensis"
binomial = "Brookula enderbyensis"
binomial_authority = Powell, 1931
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"Brookula enderbyensis" is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Auckland Islands.

Habitat

This snail is found at depths of about 160 m.

hell description

The shell is smaller than "Brookula corulum", more broadly , but still with a moderately elevated spire, equal to the height of the aperture. The sculpture consists of strong, broad, flat-topped axials, about 17 on the last whorl. The surface is smooth above, but with traces of exceedingly fine spiral striae on the base. The umbilicus is narrow, but deep.

Shell height is up to 1.17 mm, and the width is up to 1 mm.

References

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