Acremodontina poutama explained

Acremodontina poutama 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 2.0 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand (off Stewart Island, Snares Islands and Otago)

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Marshall, B.A. (1995). Recent and Tertiary Trochaclididae from the Southwest Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger. 38 : 92–115
• Smith, E.C. (1962). Studies in the Stewart Island Mollusca. No. 1. Records of the Dominion Museum. 4: 49–65.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Acremodontina poutama (E. C. Smith, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594280 on 2012-12-23