Depressizona axiosculpta

Depressizona axiosculpta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Depressizonidae
Genus:	Depressizona
Species:	D. axiosculpta
Binomial name
Depressizona axiosculpta Geiger, 2009 [1]

Depressizona axiosculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Depressizonidae.

It has also been placed in Scissurellidae. ^[2]

Description

The shape of the shell is calyptraeiform.

Distribution

There is only one specimen in poor condition known from Tonga. ^[1]

References

1. Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.
2. Depressizona axiosculpta Geiger, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 April 2010.

• Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7