Crisilla iunoniae

Crisilla iunoniae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Crisilla iunoniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Crisilla
Species:
C. iunoniae
Binomial name
Crisilla iunoniae
(Palazzi, 1988)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alvania iunoniae Palazzi, 1988
  • Setia lidyae Verduin, 1988

Description

The shell attains a length of 1.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira.

References

  1. Crisilla iunoniae (Palazzi, 1988). Gofas, S. (2009). Crisilla iunoniae (Palazzi, 1988). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180972 on 9 August 2010 .


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