Cystiscus mosaica
Appearance
Cystiscus mosaica | |
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Shell of Cystiscus mosaica (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cystiscidae |
Subfamily: | Cystiscinae |
Genus: | Cystiscus |
Species: | C. mosaica
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Binomial name | |
Cystiscus mosaica Wakefield & McCleery, 2005[1]
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Cystiscus mosaica is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell attains 1.51 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ Wakefield, A.; McCleery, T. "Three new species of Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago". Novapex. 6 (1–2): 19–30. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Cystiscus mosaica Wakefield & McCleery, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.