Biology:Acremodonta crassicosta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Acremodonta crassicosta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Ataphridae
Genus: Acremodonta
Species:
A. crassicosta
Binomial name
Acremodonta crassicosta
(Powell, 1937)
Synonyms[1]

Thoristella crassicosta Powell, 1937 (basionym)

Acremodonta crassicosta is a species of minute, deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Ataphridae, the false top snails or false top shells.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the deeper waters around New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Acremodonta crassicosta (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594674 on 2012-06-21
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
  • Marshall, B.A. 1983: Acremodontinae: a new subfamily of the Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). National Museum of New Zealand Records 2: 127-130 (p. 127)

Wikidata ☰ Q3172479 entry