Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand
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Zalipais lissa (Suter, 1908)
Zalipais is a genus of minute sea snails or micromollusks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.
The height of the shell attains 0.6 mm, its diameter 1.0 mm. The thin, yellowish-white shell is minute and has a discoidal shape.To the naked eye the shell appears to be quite smooth, but under magnification reveals subequidistant, strongly undulating, radiate threads.
This minute snail is a algae grazer and a deposit feeder.
Synonymised names:
Cyclostrema lissum Suter, 1908 (original combination)
Zalipais is a genus of minute sea snails or micromollusks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.
The height of the shell attains 0.6 mm, its diameter 1.0 mm. The thin, yellowish-white shell is minute and has a discoidal shape.To the naked eye the shell appears to be quite smooth, but under magnification reveals subequidistant, strongly undulating, radiate threads.
This minute snail is a algae grazer and a deposit feeder.
Synonymised names:
Cyclostrema lissum Suter, 1908 (original combination)
