Lodderena minima facts for kids
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The Lodderena minima, also known as the minute liotia, is a tiny species of sea snail. It's a type of gastropod mollusk that lives in the ocean, belonging to the family Skeneidae.
What Does It Look Like?
This super tiny snail has a shell that's only about 0.5 to 1.1 millimeters big. That's less than half the size of a grain of rice! Its shell is see-through white and looks a bit like a flat spiral, or sometimes it's slightly raised at the top.
The shell has about three main turns, called whorls. The very first part of the shell, called the protoconch, has about one and a half turns. The shell is mostly smooth, with just a few regular spiral lines. It also has a thick, smooth edge around its opening, which is called the aperture. There's also a wide, bumpy area called the umbilicus on the underside of the shell.
Where Does It Live?
This small marine snail is found only in Australia. It lives in the waters off the coast of Queensland, stretching south all the way to Tasmania and South Australia.
