Cirsonella gaudryi
| Cirsonella gaudryi | |
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| Original drawing with three views of a shell of Cirsonella gaudryi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Cirsonella |
| Species: | C. gaudryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cirsonella gaudryi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tharsis (?) gaudryi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 | |
Cirsonella gaudryi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 2.5 mm. The rather solid, shining, white shell has a turbinate shape. it has a narrow umbilicus. The spire consists of 3½ convex whorls, separated by a marked suture. The surface is smooth, except for the base which contains two or three very faint concentric striae. The circular aperture has a continuous peristome. The columella has a thick callus that connects to the convexity of the penultimate whorl. it covers for the greater part the umbilicus, that is reduced to a narrow, arched chink. The lip is simple.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and the Rockall Bank, in the Northeast Atlantic
References
- 1 2 Cirsonella gaudryi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ↑ Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1895. 1. Mollusques Gastropodes.; Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 395-498, pl. 15-22