| Cirsonella waikukuensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Cirsonella |
| Species: | C. waikukuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cirsonella waikukuensis Powell, 1937 | |
Cirsonella waikukuensis is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae. [1]
The height of the shell attains 0.7 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm. Cirsonella waikukuensis is a very small deep-water gastropod. The shell height reaches approximately 0.8 mm and its diameter about 1 mm. The shell is discoidal with a low spire, fine spiral sculpture, and a round aperture.
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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Cape at a depth of 29 m.