Maorimorpha secunda

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Maorimorpha secunda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.WoRMS (2009). Maorimorpha secunda Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434372 on 2018-02-08}

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off South Island at a depth of 130 m.

References

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  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics." (1942).
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p. 237)
  • 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