Orbitestella parva

Orbitestella parva is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Orbitestellidae.[1]

Orbitestella parva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Orbitestellidae
Genus: Orbitestella
Species:
O. parva
Binomial name
Orbitestella parva
Finlay, 1924
Synonyms
  • Zalipais parva (Finlay, 1924)
  • Orbitestella vera (Powell, 1940)

Description

The vitreous-white, very minute shell has a discoidal shape and a flat spire. The shell is smooth and perforate with some growth lines. The protoconch consists of one whorl, rather large and with a bulbous shape.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References
  1. "Orbitestella parva". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. H.J. Finlay, Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand v.55 1924
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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