Cirsonella maoria

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Cirsonella maoria
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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

Cirsonella maoria is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae. [1]

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Description

The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It occurs off Three Kings Islands at a depth of 260 m.

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References

  1. 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