Cirsonella waikukuensis

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

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

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
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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