Lodderena nana is a species of minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Lodderena nana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Genus: | Lodderena |
| Species: | L. nana
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| Binomial name | |
| Lodderena nana Powell, 1930
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 0.46 mm, its diameter 0.72 mm.
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Subspecies
edit- Lodderena nana nana Powell, 1930
- Lodderena nana pooki Fleming, 1948
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2013). Lodderena nana Powell, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565299 on 2013-11-02
- Powell A.W.B. (1930) New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: 536-546. page(s): 541
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1