Biology:Cirsonella pisiformis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

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

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.5 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 pisiformis Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598295 on 2013-10-14
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q3172463 entry