Cirsonella kerguelenensis

Cirsonella kerguelenensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Cirsonella kerguelenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species:
C. kerguelenensis
Binomial name
Cirsonella kerguelenensis
Thiele, 1912

Description

The height of the shell attains 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Kerguelen Islands, Southern Indian Ocean and off Argentina at a depth of 600 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cirsonella kerguelenensis Thiele, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532627 on 2012-09-01
  • Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 13: 183-286, pls. 11-19 Georg Reimer: Berlin.


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