Ividella maoria
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| Ividella maoria | |
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| Holotype from the Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Ividella |
| Species: | I. maoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Ividella maoria (Powell, 1940) | |
Ividella maoria is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae.[1] It was first described by Baden Powell in 1940. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand. The mollusc was the first of its species to be identified in New Zealand, and as of 2022 remains the only endemic Ividella species in the country.[2][3]