title: Zalipais benthicola
text: # Zalipais benthicola
  
  Zalipais benthicola is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.
  
  ## Description
  
  The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
  
  