Cirsonella maoria

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

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.7 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 maoria (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598292 on 2013-10-04
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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