Cirsonella consobrina

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

Cirsonella consobrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species:
C. consobrina
Binomial name
Cirsonella consobrina
Powell, 1930

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.8 mm -, its diameter 1.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine is endemic to New Zealand and was found off North Island.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Cirsonella consobrina Powell, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565331 on 2013-10-03
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Powell A.W.B. (1930) New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Part 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 60: 532-543. page(s): 534


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