“Neolepton antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
Fig. 103:2
Throughout New Zealand, including the Chathams and southern islands. Campbell Island (type). Fossil from the lower Pleistocene onward. Abundant amongst intertidal coralline algae, but also down to at least 170 fathoms.
Shell small, subcircular, inflated, and almost equilateral. Sculpture consisting of fine concentric striations. Colour variable; white (typical), the beaks tinged with carmine (sanguineum), or pale yellowish, blotched at the beaks with reddish-brown (citrinum).
Height 2.3-3.0 mm., length 2.6-3.6 mm., thickness 1.0-1.8 mm.”
(Powell, 1979)
