Acremodontina magna explained

Acremodontina magna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochaclididae, the false top snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.35 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands at a depth of 800 m.

References

• 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

External links

• Marshall, B. A. (1995). Recent and Tertiary Trochaclididae from the southwest Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger. 38: 92-115

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Acremodontina magna Marshall, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594279 on 2012-12-23