Crossea miranda
| Crossea miranda | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Crossea miranda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Vetigastropoda (unassigned) |
| Family: | Crosseolidae |
| Genus: | Crossea |
| Species: | C. miranda |
| Binomial name | |
| Crossea miranda A. Adams, 1865 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Crosseia miranda A. Adams, 1865 | |
Crossea miranda is a species of small sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Crosseolidae.[2]
Description
The height of the white shell varies between 3 mm and 6 mm. It contains 3-4 whorls that increase rapidly in size. They are very convex and spirally striate. They contain thin, low, longitudinal, not synchronized varices; this makes it unusual. The aperture is produced below.[3][4]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand and Japan.
References
- ↑ A. Adams. Ann. Mag.,N. Hist., Apr., 1865,
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Crossea miranda A. Adams, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596650 on 2012-09-01
- ↑ Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae
- ↑ T. Sasaki (2008), Micromolluscs in Japan: taxonomic composition, habitats, and future topics; Zoosymposia 1 147:232
External links
| External identifiers for Crossea miranda | |
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| WoRMS | 596650 |
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