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Cirsonella laxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species:
C. laxa
Binomial name
Cirsonella laxa
Powell, 1937

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

  1. ^ 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.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cirsonella laxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species:
C. laxa
Binomial name
Cirsonella laxa
Powell, 1937

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

  1. ^ 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.



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