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Lodderena minima
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Lodderena minima

Lodderena minima, common name the minute liotia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

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Description

The size of this minute shell varies between 0.5 mm and 1.1 mm. The translucent white shell has a planorbiform shape with a flat or slightly raised spire. The shell contains about three whorls with 1½ whorl in the protoconch. The shell is devoid of ornament, except the regular spiral groove. It has, however, a remarkably thickened, smooth varix round the circular aperture, and a granularly margined, wide umbilicus.

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Range & habitat

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland, southwards to Tasmania and South Australia.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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