Biology:Cyclostrema virginiae

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Cyclostrema virginiae
Cyclostrema virginiae (MNHN-IM-2000-31337).jpeg
Shell of Cyclostrema virginiae (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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C. virginiae
Binomial name
Cyclostrema virginiae
Jousseaume, 1872
Synonyms

Lodderia virginiae (Jousseaume, 1872)

Cyclostrema virginiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan .

References

  • Jousseaume, F., 1872. Etude des genres Teinostoma, Cyclostrema et Skenea. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 23(2): 330-338; 388-396
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5199055 entry