Crosseola concinna

Crosseola concinna
Original drawing of a shell of Crosseola concinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Vetigastropoda (unassigned)
Family: Crosseolidae
Genus: Crosseola
Species: C. concinna
Binomial name
Crosseola concinna
(Angas, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Crossea consobrina May, W.L. 1916
  • Crossea concinna Angas, 1867 (original combination)
  • Crosseola consobrina (May, 1915)

Crosseola concinna is a species of small sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Crosseolidae.[1]

Description

The minute, narrowly umbilicate, rather solid shell has a turbinate shape. It is white and semipellucid. The spire is raised, the suture is distinct. The five whorls are rounded, the first three transverselly ribbed and longitudinally striated. The remainder are transversely punctate-striate. The umbilicus is bordered by a rounded callus. The circular aperture has a channelled angular projection in front. The outer lip is simple, the margin acute.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia. It occurs in the sublittoral zone off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria

References

External identifiers for Crosseola concinna
WoRMS 598307
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