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Cirsonella waikukuensis

Cirsonella waikukuensis is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.7 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm. Cirsonella waikukuensis is a very small deep-water gastropod. The shell height reaches approximately 0.8 mm and its diameter about 1 mm. The shell is discoidal with a low spire, fine spiral sculpture, and a round aperture.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Cape at a depth of 29 m.

References

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979