Biology:Cystiscus angasi

Short description: Species of gastropod

Cystiscus angasi
Shell of Cystiscus angasi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cystiscidae
Subfamily:	Cystiscinae
Genus:	Cystiscus
Species:	C. angasi
Binomial name
Cystiscus angasi (Crosse, 1870)
Synonyms
Cystiscus angasi var. melania (Laseron, 1948) Euliginella angasi (Crosse, 1870) Marginella amphora Laseron, 1948 Marginella angasi Crosse, 1870 (original combination) Marginella angasi var. melania Laseron, 1958 Marginella minima Petterd, 1884 Marginella shorehami Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899 Marginella simsoni Tate & May, 1900

Cystiscus angasi is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.8 mm.

Specimen from Mauritius

Distribution

This marine species was found off Port Jackson, Australia.

External links

• Crosse H. (1870). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 18: 301-304
• Coovert G.A. & Coovert H.K. (1995) Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110

Wikidata ☰ Q13509345 entry