| Orbitestella parva | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Orbitestellidae |
| Genus: | Orbitestella |
| Species: | O. parva |
| Binomial name | |
| Orbitestella parva Finlay, 1924 | |
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Orbitestella parva is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Orbitestellidae.
Description
The vitreous-white, very minute shell has a discoidal shape and a flat spire. The shell is smooth and perforate with some growth lines. The protoconch consists of one whorl, rather large and with a bulbous shape.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- "Orbitestella parva". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- H.J. Finlay, Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand v.55 1924
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Orbitestella parva | |