Crosseola intertexta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Conradiidae |
Genus: | Crosseola |
Species: | C. intertexta |
Binomial name | |
Crosseola intertexta Powell, 1937 | |
Crosseola intertexta 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 1.8 mm, its diameter 1.65 mm.
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This species is endemic to Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.
The Three Kings Islands, called Manawatāwhi by Māori, are a group of 13 uninhabited islands about 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of Cape Reinga, New Zealand, where the South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea converge. They measure about 4.86 km² in area. The islands are situated on a submarine plateau, the Three Kings Bank, and are separated from the New Zealand mainland by an 8 km wide, 200 to 300 m deep submarine trough. Therefore, despite relative proximity to the mainland, the islands are listed with the New Zealand Outlying Islands. The islands are an immediate part of New Zealand, but not part of any region or district, but instead Area Outside Territorial Authority, like all the other outlying islands except the Solander Islands.
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