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Cystiscus maskelynensis

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Cystiscus maskelynensis
Shell of Cystiscus maskelynensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Cystiscus
Species:
C. maskelynensis
Binomial name
Cystiscus maskelynensis
Wakefield & McCleery, 2005[1]

Cystiscus maskelynensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.66 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vanuatu.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cystiscus maskelynensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.