Cylichna zealandica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Cylichnidae |
Genus: | Cylichna |
Species: | C. zealandica |
Binomial name | |
Cylichna zealandica T.W. Kirk, 1880 | |
Cylichna zealandica is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Cylichnidae, the chalice bubble snails or canoe bubble snails. [1]
The height of the shell is 9 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm. The white, strong shell is smooth and faintly longitudinally striated. The aperture is produced above the spire. [2]
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island at a depth of 60 m.
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