Munditia aupouria

Munditia aupouria is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Munditia aupouria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Liotiidae
Subfamily:
Liotiinae
Genus:
Munditia
Species:
M. aupouria
Binomial name
Munditia aupouria
Powell, 1937

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.7 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

Distribution

It is an endemic marine species, known only from Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.[2]

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Munditia aupouria. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598274 on 2013-09-14
  2. Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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