Cirsonella maoria is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Cirsonella maoria | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Cirsonella |
Species: | C. maoria
|
Binomial name | |
Cirsonella maoria Powell, 1937
|
Description
editThe height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2013) |
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It occurs off Three Kings Islands at a depth of 260 m.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella maoria (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598292 on 2013-10-04
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1