Plesiocystiscus bubistae

Plesiocystiscus bubistae is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

Plesiocystiscus bubistae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Genus: Plesiocystiscus
Species:
P. bubistae
Binomial name
Plesiocystiscus bubistae
(Fernandes, 1987)
Synonyms[1]

Cystiscus bubistae Fernandes, 1987 (basionym)

Description

The shell size varies between 1.5 mm and 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along the Cape Verde Archipelago.[1]

References

Further reading

  • Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods". The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43–110. page: 67.
  • Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda



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