Charisma josephi

Charisma josephi
Drawing of a shell of Charisma josephi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Charisma
Species: C. josephi
Binomial name
Charisma josephi
(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
Synonyms

Cyclostrema josephi Tenison Woods, 1877

Charisma josephi, common name the Joseph's charisma, is a species of extremely small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The diameter of the shell is 3 mm. The thick shell is widely umbilicated and obliquely turbinate. Its color is white, opaque, maculated with very pale chestnut. The five whorls are rounded and closely spirally striate. The thick peristome is posteriorly produced. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Charisma josephi (Tenison Woods, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719410 on 2014-03-12
  2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema josephi)

External links

External identifiers for Charisma josephi
WoRMS 719410
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