Nepotilla nitidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Nepotilla nitidula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Nepotilla |
| Species: | N. nitidula
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| Binomial name | |
| Nepotilla nitidula Powell, 1940
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland east coast to Poor Knights Islands.
References
edit- ^ a b Nepotilla nitidula Powell, 1940. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
- 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
edit- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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