Biology:Cirsonella kerguelenensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cirsonella kerguelenensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species:
C. kerguelenensis
Binomial name
Cirsonella kerguelenensis
Thiele, 1912

Cirsonella kerguelenensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Kerguelen Islands, Southern Indian Ocean and off Argentina at a depth of 600 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cirsonella kerguelenensis Thiele, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532627 on 2012-09-01
  • Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 13: 183-286, pls. 11-19 Georg Reimer: Berlin.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5122086 entry