Larochea secunda

Larochea secunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Larocheidae
Genus: Larochea
Species: L. secunda
Binomial name
Larochea secunda
Powell, 1937

Larochea secunda is an extremely minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Larocheidae.

Description

The thin, minute, white and globose shell reaches a height of 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References


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