Nodiscala zelandica

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Nodiscala zelandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Heterogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Nodiscala
Species: N. zelandica
Binomial name
Nodiscala zelandica
Finlay, 1930

Nodiscala zelandica is a species of very small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the northern tip of Northland in the North Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This wentletrap is found at depths of about 140 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is larger than Nodiscala ahiparana, creamy-white, with similar dense surface striations, and scalloped adpressed suture, but more numerous, narrower, and more distinct axials, and no spiral keels. The labial varix is heavy, and previous varices are prominent on the spire at three quarter whorl intervals.

The shell height is up to 10 mm, and width 3.7 mm.

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