Cirsonella variecostata

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Cirsonella variecostata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species:C. variecostata
Binomial name
Cirsonella variecostata
Powell, 1940

Cirsonella laxa 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 0.6 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands at a depth of 250 m.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella variecostata Powell, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598297 on 2013-10-15

Arthur William Baden Powell was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the 20th century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".

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