Argalista nana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Subfamily: | Colloniinae |
| Genus: | Argalista |
| Species: | A. nana
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| Binomial name | |
| Argalista nana Finlay, 1930[1]
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Argalista nana is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. A. nana reaches a width of 2.5mm and a height of 0.9mm.[2][3][4]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found from Three Kings Island to Northland.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Finlay H.J. (1930) Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: 222-247. (Published 23 August 1930). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-10.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Argalista nana Finlay, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565207 on 2013-02-10
- ^ Finlay, H. 1930. Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.223).
- ^ Powell, A.W.B. "New Zealand mollusca : marine, land, and freshwater shells". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "NZ Mollusca - Argalista nana". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ Blom, Wilma M. (2019-12-10). "Fossil and Recent molluscan types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Part 3: Gastropoda (Patellogastropoda and Vetigastropoda)". Records of the Auckland Museum. 54: 37–62. doi:10.32912/ram.2018.54.3. ISSN 1174-9202.
- ^ Morley, Margaret S.; Hayward, Bruce W. (2009). "Marine Mollusca of Great Barrier Island, New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Museum. 46: 15–51. ISSN 1174-9202.
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