Biology:Cystiscus maloloensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cystiscus maloloensis
Cystiscus maloloensis (MNHN-IM-2000-9371).jpeg
Shell of Cystiscus maloloensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Cystiscus
Species:
C. maloloensis
Binomial name
Cystiscus maloloensis
Wakefield & McCleery, 2006[1]

Cystiscus maloloensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.62 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands.

References

  1. Wakefield, A.; McCleery, T. (2006). "Descriptions of new species of Pacific Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865 (Gastropoda : Cystiscidae). Part 1: species with banded mantle patterns". Novapex (Hors-série 4) 7: 1-31. 
  2. Cystiscus maloloensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

Wikidata ☰ Q5201238 entry