Haminoea zelandiae
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| Haminoea zelandiae (Gray, 1943) |
Haminoea zelandiae, or the white bubble shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Haminoeidae, the bubble snails.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found around the North Island and the northern part of the South Island.
[edit] Habitat
This bubble snail is common on intertidal mudflats in sheltered situations associated with eel grass.
[edit] Description
The shell is globose, thin and fragile, white under a thin, pale yellowish-brown periostracum.
The shell height is up to 27 mm, and width up to 22.5 mm.
The animal is translucent with variable colouring, from pale with black dots, to a uniform grey or black. The parapodia folds up and envelops most of the shell.
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[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467-054-8
