Lodderia eumorpha facts for kids

Lodderia eumorpha is a very tiny sea snail. It is also called a micromollusc because it is so small. This amazing creature is a type of mollusc that lives in the sea. It belongs to the family called Skeneidae.

What is Lodderia eumorpha?

This sea snail has a shell that is only about 1.3 millimeters tall. That's smaller than the tip of a pencil! Its shell is about 1.7 millimeters wide. The shell is shaped like a top and has a small hole in the middle, called an umbilicus. It is white and you can see through it a little bit.

The shell has special patterns on it. It has five main spiral lines, like tiny ridges. There are also faint lines that go around the shell. These lines are evenly spaced and make the shell look pretty.

The very first part of the shell, called the protoconch, is tiny and round. It has only one turn. The rest of the shell, called the teleoconch, has three turns that grow bigger. The opening of the shell, called the aperture, is round. The edge of the opening is smooth.

Where Does it Live?

This tiny sea snail lives only in New Zealand. This means it is found naturally nowhere else in the world.

Types of Lodderia eumorpha

There are two known types, or subspecies, of Lodderia eumorpha:

• Lodderia eumorpha cookiana (Dell, 1952)
• Lodderia eumorpha eumorpha (Suter, 1908)

See also

In Spanish: Lodderia eumorpha para niños