Lodderia waitemata is a minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lodderia waitemata Powell, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598330 on 2012-09-12
Description
The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.5 mm. Shell is closely related to the Lodderia iota but more strongly biangulate and with fewer axial threads. It has a notable characteristic of a smooth dome-shaped protoconch of one whorl. In spite of their minute size they seem to conform fairly well to the genus Lodderia. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island.
References
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254