''Cossmannica jacksonensis'' is a

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of sea snail, a

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gastropod

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in the

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Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micr ...

, the pyrams and their allies. This species is one of many other species known to exist within the genus, ''

Cossmannica ''Cossmannica'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Cossmannica'' Dall & Bartsch, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...

''.Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Cossmannica jacksonensis'' (Dall & Bartsch, 1906). Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588555 on 2011-11-29

Description

The length of the shell measures approximately 6.1 mm. The

teleoconch The gastropod shell is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. So ...

contains eight

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s.Dall & Bartsch (1906), Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific, and American Pyramillidae; Smithsonian Institution

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coasts of

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, Australia, within the

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and other various marine areas nearby.

References

External links

World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1906 {{Pyramidellidae-stub