Crosseola favosa

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

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.65 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Crosseola favosa Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598305 on 2013-09-22
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • List of Mollusca collected; Discovery Reports v.15 (1937); Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain)
  • New Zealand Mollusca: Crosseola favosa
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