Munditia manawatawhia

Munditia manawatawhia is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.

Munditia manawatawhia
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Munditia
Species:	M. manawatawhia
Binomial name
Munditia manawatawhia Powell, 1937

Description

The height of the smooth shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. This very small, white shell has a discoidal shape and wide umbilicus. It contains 2½ rapidly increasing whorls. The aperture is circular.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It is known from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.^[3]

References

1. Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. A.W.B. Powell, The Molluscan Fauna of Northern New Zealand; Discovery reports v. 15 (1937)
3. Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone - Gastropoda

• Arthur William Baden Powell (1979). New Zealand mollusca: marine, land, and freshwater shells. Collins. ISBN 0002169061.