Depressizona axiosculpta

Depressizona axiosculpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Depressizonidae
Genus: Depressizona
Species: D. axiosculpta
Binomial name
Depressizona axiosculpta
Geiger, 2009[1]

Depressizona axiosculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Depressizonidae.

It has also been placed in Scissurellidae.[2]

Description

The shape of the shell is calyptraeiform.

Distribution

There is only one specimen in poor condition known from Tonga.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.
  2. Depressizona axiosculpta Geiger, 2009.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

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