''Cirsonella consobrina'' is a minute

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

, a marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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in the

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Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.ph ...

.Bouchet, P. (2013). Cirsonella consobrina Powell, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565331 on 2013-10-03

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.8 mm -, its diameter 1.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine is endemic to

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and was found off

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References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Powell A.W.B. (1930) ''New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Part 1.'' Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 60: 532-543. page(s): 534 consobrina Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1930 {{Trochoidea-stub