Cirsonella parvula
Appearance
Cirsonella parvula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Cirsonella |
Species: | C. parvula
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Binomial name | |
Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926
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Cirsonella parvula is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
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The height of the shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm. It was first described by Baden Powell in 1926.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found off South Island.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598294 on 2013-10-14
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1