Cirsonella parvula

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

Cirsonella parvula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species:
C. parvula
Binomial name
Cirsonella parvula
Powell, 1926

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found off South Island.

References

  1. 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
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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