Zeidora maoria
Shell of Zeidora maoria (specimen at Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Zeidora
Species:
Z. maoria
Binomial name
Zeidora maoria
Powell, 1937

Zeidora maoria is a species of small sea snail, specifically a keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its height 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands

References

  1. โ†‘ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zeidora maoria Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577653 on 2023-11-07
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1937). New species of marine Mollusca from New Zealand. Discovery Reports. 15: 153โ€“222, pls 45โ€“56.
  • Aldea, C.; Zelaya, D. G. & Troncoso, J. S. (2011). A new gigantic species of Zeidora Adams, 1860 from Antarctic waters (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). The Nautilus. 125(2): 79-82
  • Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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