- Brookula finlayi
Taxobox
name = "Brookula finlayi"
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Gastropod a
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Vetigastropoda
superfamilia =Trochoidea
familia =Cyclostrematidae
genus = "Brookula "
species = "B. finlayi"
binomial = "Brookula finlayi"
binomial_authority = Powell, 1933
synonyms ="Brookula finlayi" is a
species of minute seasnail , a marinegastropod mollusc in the familyCyclostrematidae .Distribution
This species is endemic to
New Zealand 'sThree Kings Islands andChatham Islands .Habitat
This snail is found at depths of between 18 and about 260 m.
hell description
The shell is minute, elevated-, with a tall spire, one and a half times the height of the aperture. The sculpture consists of narrow but prominent axial ribs, 27 on the
body whorl , numerous distinct spiral threads crossing the whorls, about 10 on the penultimate, both axials and spirals finishing abruptly at the narrow but deep crescentic umbilicus.Shell height is up to 1.3 mm, and the width is up to 0.95 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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