Biology:Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis
Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis (MNHN-IM-2000-31446).jpeg
Shell of Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis (holotype at MNHN. Paris)
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Thysanodontinae
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T. chesterfieldensis
Binomial name
Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis
Marshall, 1995

Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.6 mm. Its body symmetry is dextrally coiled.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia, at depths between 305 m and 410 m.

References

  1. Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  2. Schilthuizen, M.; Davison, A. (November 2005). "The convoluted evolution of snail chirality" (in en). Naturwissenschaften 92 (11): 504–515. doi:10.1007/s00114-05-0045-2. ISSN 0028-1042. 
  • Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381–458

Wikidata ☰ Q7799813 entry