Cirsonella paradoxa
| Cirsonella paradoxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Cirsonella |
| Species: | C. paradoxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirsonella paradoxa Powell, 1937
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Cirsonella paradoxa is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 1 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and is found off Three Kings Islands at a depth of 260 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella paradoxa Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598293 on 2013-10-14
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1