Cirsonella laxa

Cirsonella laxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
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, Mahia 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


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