Cirsonella parvula
| Cirsonella parvula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Cirsonella |
| Species: | C. parvula
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926
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Cirsonella parvula is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1] The holotype is at Canterbury Museum, Christchurch and the Auckland War Memorial Museum holds two paratypes, collected by the New Zealand Government Trawling Expedition in 1907.[2]
Description
The height of the shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm. It was first described by Baden Powell in 1926.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found off South Island.
References
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598294 on 2013-10-14
- ^ Blom, Wilma M (2019). "Fossil and Recent molluscan types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Part 3". Records of the Auckland Museum. 54: 54.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1