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Taxonomy
Family:
LIOTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Liotiidae (Family)
> Munditia (Genus)
> echinata (Species)
Images: Munditia echinata Powell, 1937
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Taxonomy
Family:
LIOTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Liotiidae (Family)
> Munditia (Genus)
> echinata (Species)
Details: Munditia echinata Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.6mm, Width 1.4mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 103-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.69)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.181) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil