Tasmocrossea benthicola
Appearance
Tasmocrossea benthicola | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Tasmocrossea |
Species: | T. benthicola
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Binomial name | |
Tasmocrossea benthicola Dell, 1952
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Tasmocrossea benthicola is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
This is the only species in the genus Tasmocrossea, a monotypic genus.
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 1.05 mm, its diameter 0.97 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Lord Howe Rise in the Tasman Sea at a depth of 536 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tasmocrossea Dell, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598337 on 2012-09-07
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1