Cirsonella waikukuensis

Cirsonella waikukuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species: C. waikukuensis
Binomial name
Cirsonella waikukuensis
Powell, 1937

Cirsonella waikukuensis is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.7 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Cape at a depth of 29 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella waikukuensis Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598298 on 2013-10-15


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