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Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2013). Liotiidae Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2013). Munditia anomala. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598275 on 2013-09-14

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.45 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

Distribution

It occurs at Tom Bowling Bay,

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References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

External links

''Munditia anomala''; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961; Volume 70, 1940-41

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