Crosseola cuvieriana

Crosseola cuvieriana is a species of minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conradiidae.[1]

Crosseola cuvieriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Conradiidae
Genus: Crosseola
Species:
C. cuvieriana
Binomial name
Crosseola cuvieriana
(Mestayer, 1919)
Synonyms

Crossea cuvieriana Mestayer, 1919

Description

The height of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 3.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Cuvier Island, New Zealand.

References

  1. Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Crosseola cuvieriana (Mestayer, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598303 on 2013-09-22
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • New Zealand Mollusca: Crosseola cuvieriana
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