Zalipais inscripta
Species of gastropod
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Zalipais inscripta is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
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| Original drawing with two views of a shell of Zalipais inscripta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Zalipais |
| Species: | Z. inscripta |
| Binomial name | |
| Zalipais inscripta (Tate, 1899) | |
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Description
The height of the shell attains 1.2 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm. The minute, very fragile shell has a discoidal shape. It is diaphanous and widely umbilicated. The spire is flat, not rising above the plane of the last whorl. The four whorls are convex, with a gentle antesutural slope. The surface of the shell is smooth and shining, but incremental striae are visible under magnification. The aperture is roundly oval, a little wider than high. The peristome of the holotype is incomplete.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria.