Zalipais bruniense is a species of microscopic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Zalipais bruniense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Zalipais |
| Species: | Z. bruniense
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| Binomial name | |
| Zalipais bruniense Beddome, 1883
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| Synonyms | |
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Unknown bruniense Beddome, 1883 | |
Description
editThe height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia, occurring off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and in the Bass Strait.
References
edit- Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.