Pseudostomatella cycloradiata

Pseudostomatella cycloradiata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Pseudostomatella cycloradiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Pseudostomatella
Species:
P. cycloradiata
Binomial name
Pseudostomatella cycloradiata
Nowell-Usticke, 1959
Synonyms

Pseudostomatella erythrocoma var. cycloradiata Usticke, 1959

Description

The maximum reported size of the shell is 5 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Lesser Antilles (Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua)

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Pseudostomatella cycloradiata Nowell-Usticke, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533337 on 2012-11-23
  • Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix. vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix.


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