Biology:Cirsonella laxa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Cirsonella laxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Cirsonella |
| Species: | C. laxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirsonella laxa Powell, 1937
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Cirsonella laxa is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It occurs off Three Kings Islands, Māhia and Snares Islands at a depth of 260 m.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella laxa Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598291 on 2013-10-04
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
- Morley, M.S.; Hayward, B.W.; Raven, J.L.; Foreman, G.A.; Grenfell, H.R. 2006: Intertidal and shallow subtital biota of Māhia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay. Records of the Auckland Museum 43: 11-41.
Wikidata ☰ Q3168211 entry
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