Cystiscus carinifer

Cystiscus carinifer is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Cystiscus carinifer
Shell of Cystiscus carinifer (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Cystiscus
Species:
C. carinifer
Binomial name
Cystiscus carinifer
Wakefield & McCleery, 2005[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.56 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu Archipelago.

References

  1. Wakefield, A.; McCleery, T. "Three new species of Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago". Novapex. 6 (1–2): 19–30. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. Cystiscus carinifer Wakefield & McCleery, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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