Cystiscus havannensis
| Cystiscus havannensis | |
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| Shell of Cystiscus havannensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cystiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Cystiscinae |
| Genus: | Cystiscus |
| Species: | C. havannensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cystiscus havannensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006[1]
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Cystiscus havannensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]
Description
The size of the shell attains 1.73 mm. Shell is minute, hyaline, thin, translucent white, glossy and smooth.[3] It has a low, rounded spire with 2 whorls tapering to the base. Its head and tentacles are opaque orange.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Vanuatu in very shallow, muddy pass with algae growth on the dead coral.[3]
References
- ^ Wakefield, A.; McCleery, T. (2006). "Descriptions of new species of Pacific Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865 (Gastropoda : Cystiscidae). Part 1: species with banded mantle patterns". Novapex (Hors-série 4). 7: 1–31.
- ^ Cystiscus havannensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ a b Société belge de malacologie.; malacologie, Société belge de (2006). Novapex : trimestriel de la Société belge de malacologie. Vol. v.7 (2006) and Hors Serie 4. Bruxelles: La Société.