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Zalipais bruniense

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Zalipais bruniense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Zalipais
Species:
Z. bruniense
Binomial name
Zalipais bruniense
Beddome, 1883
Synonyms

Unknown bruniense Beddome, 1883

Zalipais bruniense is a species of microscopic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

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The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia, occurring off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and in the Bass Strait.

References

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  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.