Crosseola bollonsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Conradiidae |
Genus: | Crosseola |
Species: | C. bollonsi |
Binomial name | |
Crosseola bollonsi Dell, 1956 | |
Crosseola bollonsi is a species of minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conradiidae. [1]
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The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 3.3 mm.
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This species is endemic to the North Cape, New Zealand.
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