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Cyclostrema huesonicum

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Cyclostrema huesonicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Cyclostrema
Species:
C. huesonicum
Binomial name
Cyclostrema huesonicum
(Dall, 1927)
Synonyms

Liotia (Lippistes) huesonica Dall, 1927

Cyclostrema huesonicum, common name the Key West cyclostreme, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Description

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The height of the shell attains 4.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Florida Keys, USA, at a depth of 165 m to 174 m.

References

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  • Dall, W. H. 1927. Diagnoses of undescribed new species of mollusks in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70 (2668): 1–11.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas