Cirsonella micans
| Cirsonella micans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Cirsonella |
| Species: | C. micans
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirsonella micans (Powell, 1931)
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| Synonyms | |
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Argalista micans A. W. B. Powell, 1931 superseded combination | |
Cirsonella micans is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 1.13mm, its diameter 1.43mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand, occurring off South Island, Antipodes Islands and Chatham Islands
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cirsonella micans (A. W. B. Powell, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774689 on 2025-10-26
- Powell, A. W. B. (1931). Descriptions of some new species of recent Mollusca, mainly from the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 371–376.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
- Marshall, B. A., Bolstad, K. S. R. & Enderby, A. (2023). Checklist of extant Mollusca known from the New Zealand EEZ. In Walton, K., Marshall, B. A. & Spencer, H. G. (2023). Kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca (Clams, slugs, snails, cephalopods & others). Chapter 14 in Kelly, M., Terezow, M., Sim-Smith, C. & Nelson, W. (Eds) The marine biota of Aotearoa New Zealand. Updating our marine biodiversity. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 136: 221-237.