Cirsonella pisiformis

Cirsonella pisiformis is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Cirsonella pisiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species:
C. pisiformis
Binomial name
Cirsonella pisiformis
Powell, 1937

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It occurs off Three Kings Islands at a depth of 260 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella pisiformis Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598295 on 2013-10-14
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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