Zalipais benthicola is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family SkeneidaeRosenberg, G. (2012). Zalipais benthicola. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598343 on 2012-09-08 endemic to New Zealand.
Description The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.
Distribution This marine species is found in Southern-eastern part of South Island, Auckland, Antipodes Islands, Bounty Islands and Chatham Islands and are endemic to New Zealand.
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.