Charisma radians

Charisma radians is a species of extremely small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Charisma radians
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Charisma
Species:
C. radians
Binomial name
Charisma radians
(Laseron, 1954)
Synonyms
  • Cavostella radians Laseron, 1954
  • Charisma (Cavostella) radians (Laseron, 1954)

Description

The height of the shell is 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Charisma radians (Laseron, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718886 on 2014-03-12
  • Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the Liotiidae of New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 12(1): 1-25, figs 1-49a
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1-109
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.


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