Cirsonella waikukuensis

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Cirsonella waikukuensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
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]

Sea snail common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in salt water, in other words marine gastropods. The taxonomic class Gastropoda also includes snails that live in other habitats, such as land snails and freshwater snails. Many species of sea snails are edible and exploited as food sources by humans.

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Skeneidae family of molluscs

The Skeneidae are a family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.

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Description

The height of the shell attains 0.7 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Cape at a depth of 29 m.

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References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella waikukuensis Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598298 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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